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THE 

LOTUS  PATH 

BY 
ELIZABETH  DELVINE  KING 


Published  by 

J.  F.  ROWNY  PRESS 

Los  Angeles,  California 
1917 


Copyright,  1917 
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ELIZABETH  DELVINE  KING 

Los  Angeles 


THE 
LOTUS  PATH 


BY 

ELIZABETH  DELVINE  KING 


Published  by 

J.  F.   ROWNY  PRESS 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


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A  MESSAGE  FOR  THE  NEW  AGE 

THE  LOTUS  PATH,  a  text-book  for  Truth  seekers, 
brings  a  message  of  unmeasured  worth  that  will  appeal 
to  all  minds.  It  opens  a  path;  it  reveals  a  hope;  it 
shows  a  way;  and  when  practically  applied  will  set 
divine  law  in  action  for  the  attainment  of  Illumination, 
God-consciousness  and  Freedom  Divine. 

Beautiful  in  concept,  practical  in  its  purpose,  it  is  of 
untold  and  eternal  value  to  the  searcher  after  Truth, 
regardless  of  church,  sect,  creed  or  cult,  whether  one  be 
Christian,  Jew,  Roman,  Metaphysician,  New  Thought- 
ist  or  Materialist, — for  conflicting  doctrines  and  pre- 
vailing materialism  are  but  honest  outgrowths  of  erron- 
eous views  and  limited  conceptions. 

This  Message  reveals  a  balance  acceptable  to  all,  and 
the  ultimate  is  the  Super-conscious  Man  of  the  New 
Age  and  the  Free  Soul  in  Freedom  Divine. 

To  the  selfish,  or  those  ambitious  for  worldly  things 
only,  it  is  not  written,  and  for  them  it  has  no  message, 
excepting  this :  every  honest  one,  desiring  to  unfold  the 
highest  within,  may  gain  glints  of  Truth  that  should 
advance  their  unfoldment  many  centuries;  for  all  are 
immortal ! 


We  are  in  the  dawn  of  the  New  Age,  and  the  mass 
of  mankind  are  hungering  for  something,  they  know- 
not  what.  "I  will  lead  you  by  a  way  ye  know  not," 
said  a  prophet  of  old,  and  God  is  ever  leading  His  chil- 
dren as  of  yore,  and  he  who  reads  this  message  earnestly 
and  unselfishly  will  not  fail  to  find  the  hidden  way. 

The  Message  is  a  profound  one.  It  is  a  torch  that 
lights  the  way  of  escape  from  the  bondage  of  sense; 
yet  those  who  cannot  attain  will  find  the  mind  enriched 
by  priceless  gems,  rarely  divine,  which  bring  peace  to  the 
Soul. 

Truth  Absolute  is  the  foundation  of  this  Message, 
and  Truth  is  God. 

Down  through  the  dust  of  the  Ages, 

The  rays  of  the  Light  Supernal 

Penetrate  the  darkness  of  ignorance, 

As  they  quicken  each  Soul  in  the  Universe. 

THE  LOTUS  PATH,  written  by  Elizabeth  Delvine 

King,  under  the  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  Truth. 

Price:  Cloth  Bound,  $1.25;  Paper  Bound,  75  cents. 

For  Sale  by 

ELIZABETH  DELVINE  KING 
927  West  36th  Place,    Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


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Werds  of  Appreciation 

From  a  Student. 

THE  LOTUS  PATH  reveals  the  way  of  attainment  unto 
Spiritual  Illumination  by  entering  upon  the  Knowledge  Path. 
Then  through  prayer  and  devotion  one  comes  unto  the  Portal 
where  the  student-devotee  becomes  immersed  in  Love  Divine; 
then  becomes  aware  of  the  Great  White  Brotherhood;  and, 
having  met  the  requirements,  he  may  then  enter  upon  the  path, 
which  leads  to  final  redemption  or  spiritual  illumination. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Center  of  Living  Truth. 
April  16,  1917. 
My  Dear  Friend  Mrs.  King: 

I  have  read  your  book,  "THE  LOTUS  PATH,"  with  deep 
interest.  The  vibration  it  carries  is  most  remarkable.  We, 
having  been  fellow  students  and  close  friends,  makes  my 
appreciation  beyond  words. 

Very  Sincerely, 

Yours  in  Truth, 
ROSALIND  GREENE  PEASLEY,  M.  E.  L., 

Teacher  and  Lecturer, 
Author  of  "The  Philosophy  of  Living." 

The  little  volume,  "THE  LOTUS  PATH,"  is  not  describable. 
pealing  with  what  we  call  supernatural,  it  is  natural.  Lead- 
ing away  from  materiality,  yet  its  spirituality  is  delightfully 
free  from  man-made  theology. 

The  hidden  gems  in  the  book  are  not  the  mere  expressions 
of  thought,  cast  in  a  literary  mould ;  and  that  is  what  no 
review  can  reveal.  To  be  appreciated,  it  must  be  read ; 
to  be  understood,  it  must  be  studied.  In  every  line  is  both 
the  mystery  and  its  unravelling.  Its  very  elusiveness  is 
fascinating;  yet  the  earnest  one  must  work  for  the  Pearl  of 
vast  value.  This  comes  to  the  searcher. 

DR.  J.  T.  PENROSE. 


DEDICATION 

IN  LOVE  WE 

DEDICATE  THIS  LITTLE  BOOK  WITH  ITS 
RARE  AND  PRECIOUS  JEWELS 

OF  TRUTH 
TO  ALL  WHO  CATCH  THE  DEEP  SOUNDING 

CHORD  AND  VIBRATE  THEREWITH. 
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INDEX 

EXPLANATORY  PREFACE  -  7 
INTRODUCTION  1} 
LESSON  IN  THE  ABSOLUTE  TRUTH  -  -  13 
ONE  TRINITY  -  -  18 
ILLUMINATION  -  -  21 
THE  ONE  ESSENCE  DIVINE  -  26 
THE  FOURTH  DIMENSION  -  -  29 
VIBRATIONS  -  -  33 
COMPLETENESS  -  -  37 
RENUNCIATION  41 
THE  HEART  CENTER  -  -  46 
FINDING  ATMAN  -  50 
AT-ONE-MENT  WITH  THE  GREAT  "I  AM"  -  51 
FREEDOM  53 
THE  BALANCE  -  -  55 
Is  PRAYER  ESSENTIAL?  63 
LIGHT,  THE  SOURCE  -  -  69 
DOES  THE  STUDY  OF  THE  ABSOLUTE  TRUTH  ASSIST 
MAN  TO  SOLVE  THE  PROBLEMS  IN  His  RELA- 
TIVE LIFE?  -  75 
THE  RELATIVE  -  -  81 
THE  AWAKENING  INTELLECT  91 
ILLUMINED  UNTO  THE  TRUTH  -  -  97 
THE  INFINITE  99 
OCEAN  DIVINE  -  -  104 
MY  DIVINE  MOTHER  -  -  107 
A  LESSON  IN  THE  ABSOLUTE  -  -  -  109 
THE  ONENESS  -  -  112 
FAITHFUL  AND  TRUE  -  -  114 
THE  CONCLUSION  -  -  -  116 
THE  INFINITE  LULLABY 123 


West  33f  Place, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


r.  J.  0.  Rowell, 
Librarian, 

Berkeley,  Calif, 
•ear  Sir:- 

In  compliance  with  your 
quest  of  July  17 ff,   I  have  the 
or  to  present  to  your  library, 
copy  of  The  Lotus  Path,  with 
jutop^raph. 


Sincerely, 


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EXPLANATORY  PREFACE 

To  all  readers  of  this  message  of  Absolute  Truth, 
I  desire  to  simply  say,  my  own  mind  has  had  noth- 
ing to  do  with  it  whatsoever,  not  even  in  the  Intro- 
duction, wherein  the  Divine  Source  of  the  Message 
is  stated.  The  book  was  written  in  one  week,  and 
typewritten  for  the  publisher  by  my  son  after  busi- 
ness hours.  As  the  manuscript  was  thus  prepared, 
under  certain  practical  difficulties,  I  will  trust  to  the 
charity  of  critical  readers  as  to  the  style,  punctua- 
tion, paragraphing  and  arrangement,  much  prefer- 
ring to  leave  the  message  untouched  by  a  literary 
critic,  than  to  risk  depriving  it  of  one  iota  of  the 
pristine  Spiritual  vigor  and  force  of  Truth  which  no 
pen  can  portray.  What  pen  can  portray  to  the  men 
of  earth  the  Message  of  Truth?  None!  Not  one! 
But  the  Vibrations  from  the  Infinite  that  come  from 
the  Heart  of  the  Christ,  and  those  that  are  Christed, 
—They  portray  the  Truth ! 

To  you  who  are,  perchance,  unfamiliar  with  inde- 
pendent spiritual  instrumentality,  please  know,  that 
with  appreciation  for  subjective  mediumship  and 
spiritualism  in  their  recognized  places,  I  will  simply 
state  this  message  is  not  brought  forth  in  any  such 
way.  I  am  not  and  never  have  been  a  medium  or  a 
spiritualist,  have  never  been  hypnotized  nor  mesmer- 
ized nor  controlled  psychically  in  any  way  whatso- 
ever, nor  relinquished  my  individual  will  to  any 
entity  or  influence. 

The  path  of  my  individual  unfoldment  came 
through  prayer,  devotion,  renunciation  and  self-de- 

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nial  years  before  I  was  made  aware  of  the  informa- 
tion revealed  in  the  Introduction. 

This  message  was  received  and  passed  on  much  as 
an  operator  transmits  his  telegraphic  message.  He 
must  recognize  and  be  true  to  the  vibrations  he  under- 
stands if  he  is  to  be  true  to  the  message  given.  And 
the  vibrations  from  the  Heart  of  Aum  will  vibrate  so 
strong  through  this  Message  of  Truth  that  the  little 
mistakes,  which  are  mine,  will  cause  no  stumbling  to 
seekers  of  Truth.  Revelation  has  been  given  to  the 
world  ever  since  God  inspired  the  first  Scriptures  to 
the  human  race,  thousands  of  years  ago.  Have  we 
any  reason  to  think  God's  Love  for  His  children  is 
not  as  great  as  when  He  spake  to  them  in  the  begin- 
ning of  Creation ! 

So  I  do  not  wish  to  say  any  more  of  self,  in  being 
the  instrument,  than  to  attempt  to  convince  those  in- 
terested of  the  Divine  Source  of  the  Message.  Those 
on  the  Sacred  Path  will  recognize  its  Divine  Nature 
and  Purpose  if  they  will  study  and  meditate  rever- 
ently upon  it.  And  God  will  quicken  those  who  read 
it  in  this  spirit.  Such  is  my  prayer. 

To  these  few  explanatory  remarks  I  will  simply 
add — certain  incident  in  my  life  turned  me  to  God 
in  greater  earnestness  than  ever  before,  and  to  His 
Love  for  humanity,  for  many  years  previous  to  the 
quickening  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  mentioned  in  the  In- 
troduction. I  believed  it  was  for  me.  Others  had  re- 
ceived it.  I  sought  and  prayed  for  it.  After  it  came, 
thank  God,  no  room  for  doubt  was  left !  Ah !  'Would 
that  every  Soul  could  know  God,  and  experience  the 
sweetness  of  the  blessing  of  the  New  Birth!  After 
such  an  experience,  how  could  I  desire  other  than  to 
abandon  myself  into  God's  will,  which  I  did  as  near 
as  I  knew  how,  and  dedicated  myself  to  His  work, 
to  what  He  would  have  me  to  do. 

It  is  a  Path  leading  to  Life  Eternal  in  its  fullest 


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sense,  and  the  Spiritual  Blessings  more  than  com- 
pensate for  sacrifices  made. 

The  Greater  Book,  spoken  of  in  the  Introduction, 
was  written  in  retirement,  and  finished  some  time  ago. 
It  awaits  publication. 

My  heart  vibrates  in  Love  to  all  humanity.  I  bow 
my  head  to  the  Father-Mother-God  in  grateful 
acknowledgment  for  this  message,  knowing  it  will 
reach  all  for  whom  it  is  intended,  for  the  work  of 
the  Master 's  is  never  in  vain !  They  are  God 's  Mes- 
sengers, Conscious  of  God's  Life,  Individualized  Ex- 
pressions of  His  Life  hid  with  Christ  in  God,  and  ever 
working  for  humanity  in  harmony  with  the  Divine 
Will,  that  all  men  of  earth  may  come  into  that  same 
fullness  of  Expression  of  the  Life  which  God  gave. 
Glorious  Truth!  Glorious  Hope!  Glorious  Immor- 
tality! Our  Goal!  Essence  Divine! 

Peace,  Love,  Good  Will,  to  all  men. 

ELIZABETH  DELVINE  KING. 
927  West  Thirty-sixth  Place, 
Los  Angeles,  California. 
January  16th,  1917. 


INTEODUCTION. 

God  in  His  Love  and  Wisdom,  ever  knoweth  when 
the  children  of  men  require  another  deep  note  of 
the  Truth. 

This  being  a  time  when  a  message  of  Truth  Abso- 
lute must  go  forth  we,  the  Brothers  of  Love  and 
Compassion,  or,  "The  White  Brotherhood,"  who  are 
ever  assisting  the  family  of  men  in  the  direction  of 
the  High  Initiate, — Jesus  Christ, — have  chosen  this 
instrument,  Elizabeth  Delvine  King;  after  she  hath 
been  tested  and  tested  until  she  is  found,  "not  want- 
ing." 

She,  after  receiving  the  New  Birth,  which  is  called 
the  Baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  in  the  Hebrew  Scrip- 
tures, entered  direct  upon  the  Sacred  Path,  and  for 
nearly  nine  years,  her  life  voluntarily  dedicated  to 
God,  has  been  under  the  direct  teaching  and  guidance 
of  the  Masters  in  the  White  Brotherhood,  Jesus  Christ 
being  the  head. 

Those  who  do  not  like  the  word,  Masters,  may  har- 
monize more  evenly  with  God's  Messengers;  and  that 
is  what  we  are. 

God  hath  ever  dealt  direct  with  High  Initiates  all 
down  the  ages,  the  history  of  which  is  recorded  in  all 
Scriptures. 

This  instrument  has  moved  forward,  and  pierced 
the  Veil  of  Flesh:  she  is,  therefore,  a  Free  Soul  in 
Freedom.  This  message  could  not  be  given  through 
any,  only  a  Free  Soul.  She  hath  left  creeds  of  men 
far  behind.  Therefore  she  is  a  chosen  vessel  and  in- 
strument, chosen  by  the  Infinite  to  do  this  work ;  this 
is  the  work  which  is  the  object  of  her  taking  birth 
at  this  time. 

This  book  covers  the  main  points  of  the  Message  of 


Truth  Absolute;  therefore,  is  a  text  book  to  be  used 
in  connection  with  the  Greater  Book  which  is  to  be 
published. 

This  message  is  to  assist  those  who  are  at  the  place 
upon  the  Path,  where  they  can  hear  the  deep  Truth. 

Prudes  will  find  nothing  here;  and  babes  will  not 
be  able  to  partake  of  the  strong  meat  of  the  Word  as 
given  here. 

But  to  those  who  desire  to,  "Know  the  Truth,  the 
whole  Truth,  and  nothing  but  the  Truth, "  we  will 
say,  come  and  vibrate  with  the  deep  notes  of  this  mes- 
sage, and  you  can  find  the  "Pearl  of  vast  value." 

Truth, — God,  is  One;  therefore,  we  accept  the 
Truth  which  the  Infinite  hath  spoken  through  the  lips 
of  the  Incarnations  in  all  climes,  and  all  ages;  per- 
ceiving as  we  do  there  is  no  East,  and  no  West  in  God, 
—the  Omnipresent  One ;  but  Unity,  Love,  Peace ;  and 
these  express  in  Harmony. 

We  stoop  to  catch  a  note  of  Truth,  if  a  blade  of 
grass  hath  a  message  for  us.  We  thankfully  read  a 
message  of  the  Infinite  through  Nature;  but  ever  re- 
membering Nature  is,  "the  outer  garment  of  God." 

We  see  the  light  of  Christ  shining  through  the  eyes 
of  every  one;  remembering,  "the  eyes  are  the  win- 
dows of  the  Soul." 

We  see  the  Divine  Mother, — Love  Divine,  in  the 
heart  of  every  man,  and  thing. 

We  appreciate  every  expression  of  God;  therefore, 
we  tread  lightly  upon  the  grass,  sand,  and  even  the 
earth. 

The  Oneness  of  the  All,  is  one  important  point,  ere 
the  Chela  upon  the  Path  reaches  full  Illumination. 

This  book  is  under  the  watchful  care  of  the  Broth- 
ers of  Love  and  Compassion ;  and  everywhere  it  may 
be,  their  vibrations  are. 

There  is  only  one  God!     Our  Father-Mother. 

We  send  this  book  forth  in  Love ;  and  on  the  vibra- 
tion of  Love  Divine. 

So-Be-It. 


CHAPTER  I. 

LESSON  IN  THE  ABSOLUTE  TRUTH. 

"TRUTH  ABSOLUTE,  is  the  Reality  which  is  just 
back  of  the  relative;  or,  nature  and  the  natural 
man;  although  " nature  is  the  outer  mantle  of  God" 
— the  Absolute — Truth,  which  is  in  no  way  touched  or 
contaminated  by  the  relative  which  is  ever  changing 
and  fleeting. 

When  man  is  aroused  from  his  slumber  in  the  rela- 
tive dream,  having  heard  the  Silent  Voice  of  the  Deep, 
whispering  soft  and  low,  my  son  awake !  arise !  thy 
Father-Mother-God  calleth  to  thee :  he  then  finds  him- 
self a  natural  man  and  in  subjection  to  his  ambitions, 
desires,  hopes,  fears  and  doubts.  However,  he,  hav- 
ing heard  the  call  from  a  different  clime  is  not  longer 
satisfied  with  the  world,  or  himself,  as  he  sees  each. 

This  is  the  place  where  man  begins  to  search  for 
light :  not  knowing  that  the  light  which  he  is  seeking 
is  within  himself,  he  seeks  far  and  near;  and  when 
he  becomes  a  sincere  seeker,  he  searches  in  every 
crevice,  hoping  to  find  the  Light;  he  here  is  search- 
ing for  entrance  into  the  Knowledge  Path,  it  having 
been  brought  to  his  remembrance  in  seeking,  that 
Jesus  Christ,  the  Great  Initiate,  Master  and  Saviour, 
said,  "Ye  shall  know  the  Truth,  and  the  Truth  shall 
make  you  free."  Here  he  has  become  a  student  of 
Truth. 

These  lessons  which  are  written  and  placed  in  this 
little  book  are  called  Lessons  upon  the  Knowledge 
Path.  We  are  fully  aware  that  none  but  the  earnest 
student  of  Truth  will  glean  the  golden  nuggets  which 

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are  hidden  away;  but  those  who  do,  will  find  their 
way  to  a  Spiritually  Illumined  Guru  (Teacher), 
whom,  if  he  requests  it,  will  instruct  him  in  the  Secret 
Heart  Teaching,  which  will  enable  him  to  become  a 
student-devotee ;  here  it  is,  the  Guru  who  is  an  initiate 
upon  the  Sacred  Path,  and  is  in  touch  with  the  Mas- 
ters in  the  Great  White  Brotherhood,  and  has  received 
transmission  from  ancient  spiritual  Gurus,  will  trans- 
mit of  their  God-consciousness,  which  is  a  vital  quick- 
ening to  the  soul  of  man. 

The  student-devotee  is  informed  that  it  is  im- 
portant he  keep  his  link  strong  with  his  spiritual 
Guru,  as  he  is  the  link  which  at  present  holds  him  in 
the  silent  mystic  light,  and  will  so  do,  if  the  student- 
devotee  remaineth  steadfast  until  he  gleans  the  Light 
of  Wisdom  where  he  perceives  he  is  the  Light,  yea, 
"he  is  that  Light  which  lighteth  every  man  who  com- 
eth  into  the  world." 

God,  and  His  ambassadors,  the  "Masters  in  Love 
and  Compassion,  *  '  are  ever  watching  over  the  student- 
devotee,  and  when  the  time  is  ripe,  the  student-dev- 
otee will  hear  the  call  of  the  "Great";  then  let  him 
go  to  his  Guru,  and  deeper  instructions  will  be  given 
him  concerning  the  entrance  to  the  Sacred  Path,  and 
the  necessary  preparations. 

No  man  can  accomplish  this  great  task  alone, 
neither  is  it  necessary;  for  the  Father-Mother-God, 
the  Incarnations  and  their  assistants,  "The  Masters 
of  Love  and  Compassion,"  are  ever  ready  and  de- 
sirous to  assist  man,  at  all  times,  and  especially  so, 
when  he  is  nearing  the  portal  at  the  entrance  of  the 
Sacred  Path. 

The  Illuminated  Spiritual  Gurus  are  now  prepared 
to  teach  the  Secret  Heart  Teaching  of  the  Ancients, 
it  being  handed  down  to  them  through  revelation  and 
inspiration.  Search  them  out,  there  are  some  in  your 
midst. 


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Remember,  the  Ancients  have  said,  "if  you  desire 
Wisdom,  ask  of  God."  Therefore,  if  the  student  of 
Truth  desires  to  find  an  Illumined  Teacher,  or  Guru, 
ask  in  the  silent  chamber  of  your  own  soul,  which  is 
forever  at  one  with  the  Great  Over-Soul  (the  Father- 
Mother-God)  ;  and  if  you  will  open  the  window  of 
your  soul  for  guidance,  you  will  be  led  to  your  Guru. 

In  ancient  days  the  searcher  after  the  Sacred  Lore 
found  it  necessary  that  man  find  a  spiritually  Illum- 
ined Guru,  one  versed  in  the  Sacred  Teaching  of  the 
Secret  Heart;  and  they,  coming  into  his  spiritual 
vibration,  were  assisted  and  quickened  thereby;  also, 
that  transmission  is  necessary.  We  find  this  handed 
down  by  the  Illuminati,  from  time  before  ages. 

After  man  has  the  teaching  upon  the  Knowledge 
Path,  which  assists  him  to  understand  and  place  in 
their  right  place,  "the  Absolute  Truth,  "and  the  "Rel- 
ative, ' '  man  seemingly  goes  in  a  circle  as  he  seeks  the 
Light,  until  he  gleans  light  strong  enough  to  reveal 
to  him  the  straight  line  which  lieth  direct  between 
the  Real  and  the  Relative,  that  which  is  Permanent, 
Eternal  and  Unchanging;  and  the  ever  changing, 
shifting  and  fleeting. 

When  man  becomes  fully  Illumined  concerning  the 
Real  and  the  Relative,  he  walks  shoulder  to  shoulder 
with  the  Illuminati.  Then  his  light  shall  shine,  and 
his  brothers  who  are  still  lost  in  Maya  can  see  it,  and 
if  they  so  desire,  and  place  their  desire  in  expression, 
he,  the  Guru,  through  the  grace  of  God,  can  assist 
them  toward  the  Light. 

The  Illuminati  have  found  that  the  "Light  which 
lighteth  every  man  who  cometh  into  the  world,"  is 
that  Flame  which  ever  burns  in  the  center  of  the 
heart;  here  it  is  the  carnal  man  will  eventually  find 
his  link  with  this  Flame,  which  is  Atman,  the  Real 
Self  of  every  man.  Become  conscious  of  this,  friends, 
then  arise  to  the  greatness  of  your  being,  and  become 


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a  "Son  of  the  Solitude,"  and  join  the  silent  throng 
in  the  Mystic 's  mission  of  carrying  the  flaming  torch 
of  Truth;  and  let  the  vibrations  of  Purity,  Holiness, 
Righteousness  and  Obedience,  Humility  and  Sincerity 
radiate  from  you.  Look  not  to  results,  or,  as  Krishna 
said,  "look  not  to  fruits  of  action,"  but  "arise  above 
the  Pairs  of  Opposites,"  into  the  sublime,  the  "Holy 
of  Holies,"  yea  into  the  Shekinah,  and  stand  forth  the 
Illumined  individual  on  the  mountain  summit,  in  the 
Ocean  Essence  of  Love  Divine. 

Soar  thou  on  pinions  from  the  mountain  top  while 
singing  hosannas  to  your  God;  at  the  same  time,  vi- 
brate with  the  Great  Heart  of  the  Infinite,  and  prove 
yourself  a  blessing  to  mankind. 

Attain  thou  to  Nirvana  where  the  Soul  in  God-Con- 
scious Freedom  abides.  Here  it  is  your  karmic  debts 
have  been  erased  when  you  attained  unto  the  Illum- 
inated state  of  Freedom  from  the  Wheel  of  Birth 
and  Death. 

Man  at  the  Portal  of  Nirvana  can  merge  into  the 
Ocean  of  Bliss,  and  rest  throughout  the  Kalpas,  if  he 
so  decrees :  or  he  can,  through  great  Love,  expressing 
in  his  heart  for  his  brothers  who  are  still  lost  in  Maya 
(Carnality),  become  active  in  assisting  them  to  find 
the  Light,  under  the  guidance  of  the  Great  Initiate, 
Jesus  Christ. 

When  man  has  reached  the  Absolute,  through  Il- 
lumination in  the  heart,  as  well  as  the  head,  he  dwells 
in  peace,  he  walks  in  Conscious  Freedom,  although 
he  complies  with  all  the  laws  of  the  land;  he  under- 
stands what  the  Nazarene  Master  meant,  when  He 
told  them  to  "render  unto  Caesar  the  things  which 
are  Caesar's,  and  unto  God  those  things  which  are 
God's." 

When  the  student-devotee  desires  to  enter  upon  the 
Secret  Path,  the  requirements  are: 

1.    Renunciation. 


THE  ABSOLUTE  TRUTH  17 

2.  Heart  Center. 

3.  Finding  Atman— the  Real  Self. 

4.  At-one-ment  with  the  Great  "I  AM." 

5.  Freedom,  which  is  the  result. 

Freedom  is  God-Conscious  Illumination,  this  ex- 
presses in  humility,  gentleness,  yet  courage,  strength, 
power  and  ability  to  stand  erect  amidst  the  experi- 
ences of  the  relative  life ;  and  Mastership  in  the  Spirit 
of  Truth  will  become  evident.  Attain  unto  this, 
friends,  and  you  have  achieved. 


CHAPTER  II. 
ONE  TRINITY. 

Father,  Aum, — The  Great  Ocean  Essence,  our 
Mother, — Kali, — the  expression  of  Aum,  and 
Christ,  the  Son,  are  Eternally  resplendent  in  the  deep 
blue  dome  of  the  great  Over-Soul. 

God,  the  Father  was  one, — the  Essence  Ocean 
Divine;  God  the  Father  expressed  and  Kali, — the 
Divine  Mother,  took  form,  She  being  the  Word  ex- 
pressed; then  God  and  the  Word  brought  into  ex- 
pression the  Universes  and  all  forms  therein. 

Father-Mother-Son,  the  Trinity!  Glean  the  esoteric 
meaning  of  this  great  mystery.  This  is  the  age  when 
the  hidden  secrets  of  God  are  being  revealed  to  man. 

Let  man  perceive,  this  Trinity  as  it  transcendently 
radiates  its  sublimity  and  divinity  in  the  Great  Ocean 
Essence,  is  above  carnality ;  and  has  not  name,  creed, 
nor  doctrine  of  man;  but  is  radiating  its  blessing  to 
all  men,  of  all  climes,  all  races  and  colors,  that  each 
Incarnation  that  has  ever  dwelt  upon  the  earth  hath 
pointed  to  the  ONE  TRINITY;— and  the  doctrinal 
teachings  have  formed  according  to  the  traditions, 
superstitions,  ignorance  and  enlightenment  of  the  peo- 
ple who  have  followed  the  different  Incarnations;  we 
will  mention  a  few,  Krishna,  Gautama  Buddha,  Mo- 
hammed, Zorathurstra  and  others  of  lesser  degree  of 
light,  and  Jesus  Christ  of  Nazareth,  the  Great  In- 
itiate ;  He  whom  the  Christian  world  expects  to  come 
to  earth  again. 

As  the  prophesies  concerning  His  coming  as  the 
babe,  and  His  life  as  the  Messiah  have  proven  true,  it 
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ONE  TRINITY  19 

is  reasonable  to  presume  the  prophesies  concerning 
this  coming  will  prove  true. 

The  Great  Ones  who  are  watching  over  great  events, 
like  as  a  Messiah  or  an  Avatar,  coming  to  earth,  know 
whereof  they  speak,  and  if  the  Prophets  and  Seers  re- 
ceive the  prophesies  correctly,  they  prove  true  in  every 
detail. 

The  time  has  arrived  according  to  all  prophesies  for 
the  next  Incarnation  to  come  upon  the  stage,  and 
enact  His  part  in  the  Divine  Drama  of  this  age. 

The  Great  Master — the  Avatar — comes  today  with 
the  full  web  of  Truth,  and  will  gather  the  redeemed 
ones  into  the  Nirvana  of  the  Soul,  where  death  is  not 
for  them  henceforth,  forever  more,  except  they  choose 
to  come  to  earth  again  to  help  teach  the  true  Light 
that  will  enlighten  men  so  they  will  understandingly 
turn  away  from  the  Wheel  of  Birth  and  Death. 

When  a  ship  has  crossed  the  great  sea,  and  cast 
anchor  in  the  harbor  of  the  desired  port  (after  seeing 
that  the  anchor  is.  sure  and  fast),  it  remains  there 
until  the  captain  receives  the  call  for  action;  it  is 
thus  with  the  faithful,  trusting  and  abiding  child  of 
God  today. 

We  trust  that  all  who  love  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ 
will  be  as  the  wise  virgins  in  His  parable  which  He 
spake  nearly  two  thousand  years  ago, — have  their 
lamps  filled,  trimmed  and,  not  only  that,  but  burning ; 
thus  doing  they  are  as  the  stately  ship ;  have  crossed 
the  sea  of  carnal  illusion  and  anchored  in  port,  wait- 
ing for  the  call  to  higher  duties. 

We  remember  the  Nazarene  said,  "when  I  come, 
shall  I  find  faith  upon  the  earth?"  Then  let  not  the 
mind  weave  a  fancy  web,  and  expect  the  Great  One 
will  walk  in  every  delicate  thread  just  as  your  ideas 
may  require,  for,  lo,  God  is  greater  than  man !  and 
His  ways  are  past  finding  out  by  the  mind  of  man. 

God  ever  calleth  to  the  heart  of  man; — for  the 
heart  of  man,  ' '  give  me  thy  heart, ' '  has  been  the  mes- 


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sage  of  the  Infinite  through  the  lips  of  all  Incarna- 
tions, Prophets  and  Saints. 

Let  the  heart  be  sure  and  steadfast,  and  securely 
anchored  in  the  Absolute ;  and  a  balance  in  thy  hand, 
and  thou  wilt  be  ready  to  recognize  the  Great  One, 
our  Beloved,  when  He  comes;  we  then  will  be  inter- 
ested in  Him,  and  not  in  the  way  He  came,  neither 
the  color  of  His  form,  the  custom  of  His  dress,  nor 
the  manner  of  His  speech.  Let  the  lamp  in  thy  heart 
be  trimmed  and  burning,  for  the  bridegroom  may 
come  at  an  hour  when  ye  think  not. 

Jesus  Christ  sent  His  message  to  the  Gentiles;  our 
prayer  is  that  they  may  not  follow  in  the  footsteps 
of  the  Jews  when  He  comes  this  time. 

The  man  who  has  reached  the  place  upon  the  path 
where  he  has  left  creeds  and  man-made  doctrinal 
beliefs  behind,  and  launched  out  upon  the  deep  in 
search  of  the  Absolute  Truth,  and  has  cast  anchor 
deep  enough  in  the  Divine  Essence  to  burst  the  Veil 
of  Flesh,  and  the  Illumination  of  the  Christ  expresses 
in  and  through  him,  even  to  his  perceiving  he  is  the 
christed  son  of  the  Living  God,  will  be  ready  to  re- 
ceive the  Great  Teacher,  the  Avatar,  when  He  arrives ; 
it  will  matter  not  to  him  what  way  He  comes. 

The  coming  of  great  Teachers,  Prophets  or  Saviour 
is  only  an  event  in  the  Realm  of  the  Real,  to  assist 
mankind  that  they  may  find  the  Path,  which,  if  they 
travel  upon  they  will  pass  through,  and  out,  from  the 
Illusive  Forest  (carnality). 

In  the  Absolute,  Eternity  forever  is.  Time  hath 
no  abiding  place  there,  the  dividing  line  is  on  the 
shore  wjhere  the  sand  is  ever  shifting.  But  the  Ocean 
Essence  lieth  there;  launch  thy  bark  out  upon  the 
deep,  and  become  anchored;  through  understanding, 
wisdom  and  love,  unto  Illumination ;  and  abide  there. 

Then  thou  canst  see  the  changing  effects  upon  the 
shore  of  time,  but  they  do  not  touch  or  disturb  thee ! 
Thou  art  anchored  in  Eternity — The  Absolute. 


CHAPTER  III. 

ILLUMINATION. 

\Y7HEN  man  has  attained  Illumination  in  the  Abso- 
™  lute,  what  happens  to  him  ?  He  has  passed  from 
the  carnal  concept  of  himself  to  the  perception  of 
his  Real  Self  (Atman),  that  part  of  him  which  "God 
created  in  His  image  and  likeness. "  He  lives  in  the 
Divine  Concept  of  himself;  and  as  his  Illumination 
becomes  more  of  a  conscious  reality  to  him,  he  begins 
to  express  Mastership. 

This  mastership  which  results  from  the  Illumina- 
tion from  the  heart,  through  the  Secret  Heart  Teach- 
ing is  not  of  the  mind,  and  does  not  express  in  Mas- 
tership over  other  men's  minds. 

When  man  has  the  Heart  Illumination  he  becomes 
conscious  Atman;  "Atman  being  the  Knower  Self," 
is  ever  at-one  with  the  Infinite,  through  the  heart. 
Jesus  Christ  said,  "I  (Truth)  stand  at  the  door  of 
every  man's  heart  and  knock,  if  he  will  open  the  door, 
and  invite  Me,  I  will  enter,  I  will  sup  with  him,  yea, 
I  will  abide  with  him." 

When  the  mind  touches  Atman,  the  flame  in  the 
center  of  the  heart,  the  door  opens ;  Atman  arises  and 
draws  from  the  Infinite  Ocean  that  which  he  may  de- 
sire; if  it  is  Love  he  anchors  in  the  current  of  Love 
Divine.  If  Life,  he  touches  Prana,  the  Life  Essence. 
If  Peace,  he  vibrates  with  that,  and  becomes  that  in 
expression;  as  the  Illuminated  man  continues  in  the 
teachings  of  the  Secret  Heart  Teaching,  as  handed 
down  from  the  Ancients,  he  will  eventually  become 
Atman  in  expression ;  the  carnal  ego  becoming  merged 

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22  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

into  Atman.  Man  then  is  the  superconscious  being  in 
expression ;  the  body  will  cease  to  be  the  shadow,  when 
there  is  no  carnal  ego  to  cast  thought  shadows;  he 
then  becomes  the  Illuminated  Body,  figuratively 
spoken  of  as  the  Illuminated  Cross;  he  truly  having 
carried  the  carnal  cross  unto  the  final,  and  it  becom- 
ing merged  into  the  Illuminated  Cross  (the  Christed 
Son  of  God  in  expression)  ;  the  next  step  is  where  he 
comes  into  the  full  God- Consciousness ;  here  he  per- 
ceives, he  being  a  drop  of  the  Essence  Divine,  in  the 
Ocean,  and  one  with  it,  is  the  Essence  itself;  he  then 
understandingly  having  reached  the  Source,  and  be- 
ing one  with  it,  is  God  expressed;  therefore  a  God- 
conscious  being — '  *  Brahman. ' ' 

This  is  the  destiny  of  man;  even  though  this  may 
disturb  the  mind  of  the  unillumined. 

This  deep  teaching  of  the  Absolute  is  not  for  prudes 
nor  babes;  it  is  for  the  man  after  studying  the  mes- 
sage of  the  Infinite,  given  through  his  chosen  ones  in 
the  ages  past,  which  is  portrayed  in  all  the  different 
scriptures  of  the  world,  according  to  the  light  the 
people  have  to  which  the  message  is  given;  and  have 
felt  that  Divine  touch  which  softly  speaks  to  the 
Soul;  and  has  the  courage  to  seek  until  he  not  only 
arrives  at  the  Portal,  but  has  entered,  and  passed  in- 
itiations until  he  has  that  Illumination  which  not  only 
enables  him  to  "give  a  reason  for  the  hope  within 
him,"  but  to  proclaim,  "I  am  the  Light."  "Soham, 
Soham." 

If  a  man  has  lived  his  life  in  a  cave  he  knows  not 
concerning  the  sunlight ;  if  a  brother  enters  the  cave 
to  tell  him  about  the  bright  sunshine,  let  his  only 
motive  be  to  stir  a  desire  within  him  to  see  the  sun- 
shine; if  he  responds,  tell  him  to  go  out  and  see  it, 
and  feel  its  warmth.  If  he  passes  out  into  the  sun 
and  settles  contentedly  there,  you  have  done  your 
part,  at  that  time  at  least;  but  when  he  desires  to 


ILLUMINATION  23 

understand  concerning  the  warmth  and  light  of  the 
sun,  when  he  comes  to  you  for  the  light,  teach  him 
the  Truth.  He,  himself,  must  become  quickened  and 
perceive  that  he  is  the  man  who,  having  been  long  in 
the  darkness  of  Maya,  now,  if  he  desires  the  true 
Light,  must  do  the  work  himself,  after  the  teacher 
has  taught  him. 

On  the  Knowledge  Path  man  learns  to  concentrate 
his  mind,  then  to  bridle  it  securely. 

Then  he  must  find  his  Heart  Center;  the  Secret 
Heart  Teaching  cannot  be  given  in  printed  form;  it 
must  be  given  orally.  A  Spiritual  Guru  is  here 
necessary. 

In  the  work  of  the  Heart  teaching,  man  works  from 
his  Heart  Center,  not  from  his  Mind  Center. 

When  man  awakes  from  the  carnal  sleep  he  is  men- 
tally awake ;  there  the  first  stage  of  his  efforts  is  the 
mental ;  many  think  this  the  highest,  the  final ;  having 
not  felt  the  urge  of  the  Soul  in  the  Heart  Center,  he, 
like  the  man  in  the  cave  knoweth  not  of  it;  as  long 
as  man  is  content  there,  let  not  the  Illumined  Guru 
give  him  any  time,  but  when  he  desires  more  light 
than  the  mind  can  give,  if  he  desires  and  meets  the 
requirements,  teach  him;  if  he  does  not  meet  the  re- 
quirements, give  thy  time  to  one  who  will;  as  it  is 
futile  to  endeavor  to  assist  a  man  to  come  into  Illum- 
ination in  Truth  Absolute,  until  he  is  willing  to  make 
a  sacrifice  to  attain  the  great  value.  It  truly  is  the 
pearl  of  vast  value,  and  once  having  tasted  of  the 
Divine  Satisfaction,  which  is  Truth  Divine,  naught 
else  will  satisfy  for  long. 

Have  deep  tolerance,  and  sincere  compassion  for 
the  brother,  who,  after  hearing  the  Truth  desires  a 
little  longer  playtime  along  the  shore  of  time ,  he  not 
having  become  Illumined  as  yet  concerning  the 
straight  line  between  the  Absolute  (The  Real)  and 
the  Relative  (The  Unreal) — or  that  which  is  fleeting, 
changing. 


24  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

That  which  changes  is  in  the  Forest  of  Illusions, 
that  which  changes  not  is  God  expressed.  The  Illum- 
ined man  perceives  this;  the  unillumined  knoweth  it 
not,  therefore,  let  the  Spiritual  Guru  have  patience, 
knowing  as  he  does  the  day  will  arrive  when  the 
Chela  will  become  athirst  for  the  Living  Water  which 
floweth  out  from  the  Heart  of  God,  and  hungry  for 
the  Manna  which  cometh  down  from  God ;  the  Manna 
of  the  wilderness  having  lost  its  power  to  satisfy  him. 

When  man  is  athirst  for  the  Water  of  Life,  even 
as  a  "hart  panteth  after  the  water  brooks, "  he  then 
is  ready  to  partake  of  the  meat  of  the  message  of 
Truth,  and  digest  and  assimilate  it. 

As  man  partakes  of  the  strong  meat  of  the  mes- 
sage of  the  Absolute  Truth,  the  Bright  and  Shining 
Ones  draw  near,  yes,  very  near  him,  and  as  he  prays 
to  the  Father-Mother-God,  they,  acting  in  the  will  of 
the  Father,  assist  him,  and  teach  him  and  even  while 
he,  the  outer  man,  sleeps,  they  assist  him  to  under- 
stand the  deep  truths  which  he  has  studied  in  his 
awake  state ;  and  when  he  has  come  to  the  place  where 
it  is  possible,  and  desirable,  the  Great  Teachers  can 
assist  him  to  leave  his  body  in  sleep,  and  go  with  them 
in  his  astral  body  and  learn  many  deep  things.  This 
is  a  stage  of  progress  upon  the  Path,  but  comes  not 
until  the  time  is  ripe. 

In  the  Teaching  of  the  Secret  Heart,  we  find  the 
disciple  upon  the  Path  is  watched  over  by  God  (the 
Father-Mother)  and  the  Masters  in  the  White 
Brotherhood,  as  he  moves  along  merging  from  the 
carnal  concept  of  himself  into  Atman  consciousness 
(the  Divine  Man). 

Rejoice  with  us,  our  brothers,  that  this  is  true ;  also 
that  this  blessed  knowledge  has  come  to  you,  and  that 
it  is  your  privilege  to  become  so  illumined  into  the 
Light  of  Truth,  that  you  consciously  walk  and  talk 
with  God,  and  the  Bright  and  Shining  Ones  here  in 
this  expression. 


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Some  may  criticize  this,  or  not  understanding  con- 
cerning it  correctly,  condemn ;  become  not  moved,  for 
this  is  the  same  message  which  has  come  to  high  in- 
itiates all  down  the  ages;  it  was  a  Bright  and  Shin- 
ing One,  one  of  God's  messengers,  who  appeared  to 
Abraham,  and  prophesied  concerning  his  son  Isaac, 
which  was  to  be  born  to  him.  Also  one  of  these  Mas- 
ters, who  is  ever  about  his  Father's  business,  who  ap- 
proached Mary  and  revealed  to  her  concerning  the 
child  Jesus:  also,  that  came  to  Zachariah  in  the 
Temple,  and  told  him  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  would  give 
birth  to  John,  who  became  the  forerunner  of  Jesus. 

Let  the  Western  World  awake  to  this  great  fact, 
and  open  the  door  (of  the  heart)  that  the  Masters 
in  The  Great  White  Brotherhood  may  draw  near; 
even  now  their  vibrations  are  doing  much  to  awaken 
the  souls  of  men;  awake,  rejoice!  and  improve  your 
opportunities,  as  the  closing  of  a  cycle,  and  the  be- 
ginning of  a  new  age,  happens  only  once  in  many 
centuries. 

The  Spiritually  Illumined  man  beholds,  perceives, 
understands,  and  trustingly  bides  the  Father's  will. 


CHAPTER  IV. 
THE  ONE  ESSENCE  DIVINE. 

THE  One  Essence  Divine  is  the  Source  and  Sub- 
stance from  which  all  forms  came  into  expression. 

What  is  this  One  Essence  Divine?  It  is  Aum, — 
the  Impersonal  and  Omnipresent  God. 

' '  God  was  the  One,  He  desired  to  become  the  many, 
and  creation  came  forth,"  this  we  read  in  Sacred 
Ancient  Lore. 

God's  desire  expressed  in  the  Word,  and  Kali, — the 
Divine  Mother,  came  forth,  clothed  in  form,  the  form 
being  pressed  out,  as  it  were,  from  the  One  Essence 
Divine ;  thus  we  have  Aum,  the  impersonal  and  omni- 
present God  (the  Father)  ;  and  Kali, — the  Divine 
Mother  (the  personal  God). 

Thus  we  perceive  God  to  be  both  Impersonal  and 
Personal;  and  only  One  Essence. 

God, — the  Father,  and  Kali, — the  Divine  Mother 
(the  Word)  expressed,  and  Christ  (the  Son),  became 
evident;  and  only  One  Essence. 

As  we  follow  in  creation,  or,  God  becoming  mani- 
fest, we  find  the  Universes  and  Systems  of  Universes 
coming  into  expressed  form,  and  all  forms,  from  the 
least  to  the  greatest,  expressing  the  One  Essence ;  and 
man,  the  highest  expression,  is  destined,  at  the  final 
of  his  pilgrimage  in  the  Illusive  Forest  (carnality) 
to  become  a  full  God-Consciousness,  and  to  thus  walk 
among  the  men  of  earth,  who  are  living  in  the  Forest. 
Only  One  Essence!  only  One  Source!  not  two. 

Let  us  bring  this  Essence  under  the  microscope  of 
the  mind,  and  see  what  we  find  it  to  be  composed  of; 
we  find  Light  there,  we  find  Life  there,  we  find  Love 
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THE  ONE  ESSENCE  DIVINE  27 

there,  we  find  Peace  there,  we  find  Rhythm,  Harmony 
and  Bounty  there:  and  Intelligence,  Power  and 
Purity. 

This  One  Essence  Divine  is  the  Absolute  from  which 
all  men  came,  and  to  which  all  will  return. 

This  Essence  Divine  being  omnipresence,  truly 
there  is  no  distance  to  travel  to  arrive  at  home ;  even 
though  man  may  find  himself  in  a  strange,  or  "far 
country. ' ' 

If  it  is  not  by  traveling  that  man  returns  home,  or 
back  to  the  Source  from  whence  he  came,  how  does 
he  accomplish  it?  He  awakens  from  the  Carnal 
Dream,  which  has  caused  him  to  remain  in  the  Illu- 
sive Forest  (Carnality)  ;  since  he  went  to  sleep  in 
the  Garden  of  Eden. 

A  man's  body  may  lie  upon  a  cot,  but  the  man  in 
his  dreams  travels  far,  and  passes  through  varied  ex- 
periences, yet  the  man  remains  in  the  same  place. 
If  he  dreams  he  is  in  a  strange  land  and  among  peo- 
ple who  are  unfamiliar  to  him,  let  him  awaken,  and 
he  finds  himself  at  home,  having  not  departed  from 
it. 

Herein  lies  the  Great  Delusion,  which  holds  the 
children  of  men  in  confusion ;  as  confusion  is  not  har- 
mony, and  man  cannot  live  in  two  states  of  concept  at 
the  same  time,  it  follows,  when  man  is  in  confusion, 
he  is  in  Maya,  the  Great  Illusion,  which  expresses 
in  and  through  the  Relative  world. 

When  one  becomes  Illumined  even  unto  Realiza- 
tion concerning  the  One  Essence  Divine,  he  will  soon 
leave  the  land  of  dreams  behind,  and  pass  into  the 
Source ;  when  he  consciously  lives  here  he  is  not  only 
harmonious,  but  he  is  harmony,  yea,  he  becomes  the 
Tree  of  Life,  in  the  Radiant  Essence  Divine;  he  is 
at  Home. 

To  attain  unto  the  Source,  and  abide  at  Home,  an 
Illumined  Atman,  it  is  necessary  after  man  awakens, 


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that  he  study  the  teaching  along  the  Knowledge  Path, 
which  leads  him  to,  and  through  the  Hall  of  Learning 
where  he,  if  he  has  gleaned  the  Golden  Grains  of 
Truth,  may  merge  into  the  Ocean  Essence  Divine,  and 
become  one  in  it,  one  with  it,  yes,  become  it;  as  there 
is  no  separation  in  One,  neither  can  there  be  division 
in  The  One. 

Jesus  said,  "The  Father  and  I  are  one,  but  the 
Father  is  greater  than  I."  In  other  words,  Jesus 
being  Illumined  concerning  the  Oneness  of  the  Ocean 
Essence  Divine,  perceived  He,  being  a  drop  of  the 
Ocean  Essence,  was  not  so  great  as  the  Ocean,  and 
He  expressed  this  by  saying,  "the  Father  is  greater 
than  I."  The  "I,"  being  the  individual  expression 
of  God,  could  not  be  so  great  as  that  which  expressed 
Him.  Jesus  had  reached  the  fullness  of  Illumination 
concerning  the  Oneness,  and  At-One-Ment  of  that 
which  is.  He  called,  and  it  echoes  down  the  corridor 
of  time,  "Follow  thou  me!" 

Awake,  0  Soul  of  man ;  raise  thine  eyes  and  behold 
thy  destination. 

The  carnal  mind  in  man  may  continue  to  ring  in 
confusion,  thereby  leading  man  around  the  Wheel  of 
Human  Experience  for  ages,  or  kalpas;  nevertheless 
there  comes  a  day  when  the  urge  of  the  Soul  which 
desires  freedom  from  Maya,  will  vibrate  strong 
enough  to  penetrate  the  confused  mind  sufficiently  to 
cause  it  to  listen;  this  is  when  the  Silent  Voice  of 
God  speaks:  it  saith,  "Adam,  where  art  thou?"  This 
question  will  cause  any  carnal  man  who  hears  it  to 
begin  to  think;  and  if  he  thinks  deep  enough  he  will 
become  desirous  of  obtaining  the  Source  from  whence 
the  "Still  Small  Voice  came." 

Search  for  that  Source,  Friends,  until  you  find  it ; 
become  enlightened;  and  walk  in  the  consciousness 
that  you  are  a  drop  of  Essence  Divine,  in  the  Great 
Ocean  Essence. 

So-Be-It. 


CHAPTER  V. 

THE  FOURTH  DIMENSION. 

YY/'HEN  man  has  Illumination  concerning  the  One- 
ness and  the  At-one-ment  of  the  Infinite ;  if  God 
expresses  as  Aum  (the  impersonal),  or  as  Kali  (the 
personal),  or  any  form  he  sees,  he  functions  in  the 
next  dimension  and  sees  Oneness  in  the  midst  of 
seeming  division.  The  Carnal  Mind  in  man  cannot 
even  arrive  at  the  ^Portal,  at  the  entrance  to  that  Di- 
mension. 

It  is  Atman,  the  Real,  or  Divine  Self,  who  reaches 
the  entrance  to  the  Fourth  Dimension,  and  passes  the 
Portal,  not  only  by  one  degree  initiation,  but  six,  and 
here  he  finds  himself  in  the  sweet  and  sublime  border- 
land of  the  Fourth  Dimension. 

In  this  borderland,  man  becomes  a  conscious  At- 
man, and  arises  to  the  full  statue  of  manhood  (Divine 
Manhood),  even  unto  the  ''full  Statue  of  the  man, 
Christ  Jesus."  This  is  the  highest  state  of  man's 
expression  on  the  earth  plane. 

When  man  passes  fully  into  the  Fourth  Dimension 
he  transcends  the  earth  man;  and  Atman,  the  super- 
conscious  self,  is  the  man:  naught  else  remains.  He 
is  a  free  soul,  in  Freedom  Divine ;  God  limitless  Free- 
dom ;  he  has  scaled  the  heights. 

The  earth  man  with  his  ambitions,  fears,  hopes  and 
doubts  is  forever  left  behind;  this  earth  man  is  the 
"lower  self"  of  every  man  of  earth;  and  none,  no, 
not  one,  scales  the  heights,  and  soars  into  Nirvana, 
until  the  old  man  (the  carnal  self),  has  been  crucified, 
an4  has  died  upon  the  cross.  Then  let  it  be  laid  in 
the  tomb,  where  Atman,  the  higher  self  (the  Divine 

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30  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

Man),  assisted  by  the  Great-Over  Soul,  the  Father- 
Mother;  Christ,  and  His  ambassadors  (the  Great 
White  Brotherhood),  bring  forth  the  body;  resur- 
rected by  the  vibration  of  the  Absolute,  becoming  the 
one  vibration  operating  in  and  through  it;  the  vibra- 
tions of  the  carnal  man  being  consumed  by  the  vibra- 
tion of  the  Infinite,  when  man  has  accomplished  his 
part. 

Glorious  resurrection  morn!  when  the  dim  grey  of 
dawn  fades  away,  lost  behind  the  beautiful  tinted 
rays  of  the  rising  sun ! 

Glorious  resurrection  day,  the  son  of  righteousness 
has  risen  and  shines  resplendent  in  the  consciousness 
of  the  risen  one !  Let  him  move  forward  to  the  high 
noon  hour ;  at  this  supernal  hour,  let  the  Atman  arise 
to  the  full  statue  and  there  remain  throughout  the 
kalpas;  for  the  man  who  passes  across  the  border- 
line and  arrives  at  the  Portal  of  the  Fourth  Dimen- 
sion, remains  throughout  the  Eternities,  in  the  hicrh 
noon  hour;  there  are  no  more  risings  and  settings 
of  the  sun.  He  has  passed  beyond  Maya  (the  Great 
Illusion). 

It  is  the  carnal  self  of  man,  that  is  lost  in  the  Illu- 
sive Forest ;  Atman,  the  Real  Self,  is  never  lost ;  and 
when  man  reaches  the  place  upon  his  karmic  path, 
where  he  can  hear  the  " Still  Small  Voice,"  Atman 
begins  to  retrace  his  steps,  that  he  may  again  reach 
Home,  the  Father's  House,  from  whence  he  came. 

Here  we  are  reminded  of  the  parable  of  the  Naza- 
rene  Master,  of  the  Prodigal  Son,  his  wanderings  in 
the  strange  land,  his  awakening,  his  arising  and  turn- 
ing his  face  homeward,  his  arrival  at  home;  and  the 
welcome  reception  given  him  by  his  Father-Mother- 
God.  This  is  symbolical  of  every  man's  ongoings 
through  the  Illusive  Forest. 

We,  the  Brothers  of  Love  and  Compassion,  who 
are  untiringly  and  unceasingly  about  the  Father's 


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business,  announce  to  our  brothers  (who  are  living  in 
the  thraldom  of  the  carnal  mind,  which  is  ever  con- 
fusion, it  matters  not  how  intellectual  or  cultured  it 
may  be,  because  it  is  composed  of  beliefs,  ideas  and 
understandings  which  are  ever  changing,  no  stability, 
no  permanency),  that  there  is  a  way  out  from  this 
Forest.  The  Illumined  reveal  the  Path  of  Knowledge 
which  lieth  in  the  Forest,  that  you  may  find,  and  if 
you  travel  upon  it,  you  will  glean  knowledge  sufficient, 
to  enable  you  to  find  the  wisdom  path;  which  walk- 
ing thereupon  you  may  become  wise  enough  to  find 
the  Portal  to  the  Ocean  Essence,  Divine  Love. 

If  you  desire  to  live  in  the  Fourth  Dimension, 
merge  thou  into  the  Essence  which  is  Love  Divine, 
Our  Father-Mother-God. 

In  this  Essence  of  Love  man  does  not  lose  the  Wis- 
dom he  has  gained,  but  it  becomes  absorbed  in  Intel- 
lectual Illumination ;  then  it  is  the  ego  of  Atman,  the 
superconscious  self  becomes  the  expressed  man;  the 
inner  has  become  the  outer,  the  subjective  his  real, 
the  objective  being  merged  into  Spirit  Divine.  This 
is  redeemed  man;  "it  is  finished." 

This  man's  abiding  place  is  not  the  Heaven  of  the 
man  who  is  not  free  from  the  Wheel  of  Birth  and 
Death,  who  still  hath  karmic  debts  waiting  to  be  paid, 
"even  unto  the  very  last  farthing."  But  Nirvana, 
the  abode  of  the  man  who  has  broken  the  shackles  of 
the  carnal  illusion,  through  the  Spiritual  quickening 
called  the  New  Birth,  or  Baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
then  gained  Illumination  sufficiently  strong  that  the 
veil  of  flesh  is  rent  in  twain  before  his  face.  Here  he 
finds  himself,  when  his  Illumination  has  merged  into 
consciousness,  in  Nirvana,  the  home  of  the  Free  Soul. 

Gautama  Buddha 's  message  is  the  call  to  Soul  Free- 
dom. Jesus  Christ  said,  "know  the  Truth,  and  the 
Truth  shall  make  you  free." 

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perceive  you  are  at-one  with  God,  that  you  are  an 
individual  Soul,  in  the  Great  Over-Soul ;  then  through 
your  Vision  Divine,  you  will  understand  there  is 
none  over  thee,  but  the  Supreme  Spirit  of  the  Uni- 
verse. To  this  state  of  Illumination,  "even  the  gods 
bow." 

The  door  through  which  you  pass,  that  you  may 
attain  unto  the  consciousness  of  Divinity  is  in  thy 
heart.  The  lock  is  on  the  inside,  it  cannot  be  opened 
from  without.  Thou  art  the  Key,  open  it  and  invite 
the  entrance  of  the  Father-Mother-God,  the  Christ, 
and  His  ambassadors.  And  according  to  your  heart's 
desire,  and  request,  will  assistance  be  given  you. 

Man  himself,  must  open  the  door  of  his  heart;  but 
he  requires  assistance  from  high  heaven  until  he 
stands  a  Free  Soul,  in  Freedom. 

As  the  Free  Soul,  in  conscious  Freedom  abides, 
Atman,  being  the  reigning  sovereign,  man  becomes 
Yogi,  Adept,  Rishi,  Mohatma. 

Move  forward,  friends,  move  forward!  God-con- 
scious freedom  is  the  Goal,  and  Nirvana  is  thy 
destination. 

Man  is  here  a  Master,  he  is  gentleness,  kindness  and 
serenity;  these  express  in  strength  and  courage, 
clothed  in  humility. 

The  Christ,  the  Buddha,  stand  resplendent  in  Light ; 
which  is  the  Glory  of  God. 

There  is  one  destination  for  every  Soul,  Home. 

Thou  the  individual,  art  Atman,  your  Real  Self, 
and  forever  in  the  Ocean  Essence  Divine,  Aum. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

VIBRATIONS. 

"*  HE  carnal  man  may  study  vibrations,  trace  them 

to  their  source,   and  understand  their  scientific 

workings;  he  may  become  able  to  detect  the  different 

vibrations   in   nature,   and   throughout   the   natural 

world. 

But  the  vibration  of  the  Spirit,  the  Supreme 
Essence  of  the  Universe,  is  the  subject  of  this  short 
chapter. 

God  breathes,  and  the  Breath  of  the  Infinite  ex- 
presses in  Rhythm,  in  Harmony;  if  man  is  attuned 
to  this  key,  he  will  detect  the  vibrations  at  once.  If 
he  is  versed  in  the  esoteric  sufficiently  to  be  a  Divine 
Mystic,  he  at  once  vibrates  in  that  key;  he  then 
expresses  Rhythm  and  Harmony,  and  his  environ- 
ments become  attuned  to  this  key ;  then  the  vibrations 
of  the  Infinite  are  recognized  by  all  Divine  Mystics, 
as  they  come  within  the  radius  of  his  world. 

The  Infinite  breathes  and  Love  vibrates  throughout 
Infinity;  but  only  ^hose  who  are  attuned  to  the  key 
of  Love  observe  it:  if  he  has  deep  insight,  he  will 
vibrate  in  rhythm  with  Love's  vibration;  and  if  he 
is  perfectly  attuned,  he  expresses  Love,  and  his  world 
vibrates  in  Love's  vibration.  And  so  long  as  he 
understandingly  keeps  himself  in  accord  with  the 
Spiritual  Vibration  of  Love,  he  sees  Love  and  Kind- 
ness expressed  around  him. 

The  Infinite  breathes,  and  the  vibration  of  Peace 
vibrates  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  Infin- 
ity. When  man,  through  Love  and  Understanding, 

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34  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

vibrates  in  the  key  of  Peace,  there  will  be  no  more  war 
in  him,  or  his  world. 

The  Infinite  breathes,  and  Life  vibration  expresses, 
and  the  man  who  is  alert  to  vibration,  becomes  attuned 
to  that  key;  and  the  abundant  Life  of  the  Spirit  of 
God  becomes  vibrant  in  and  through  him. 

When  man  becomes  attuned  to  the  vibration  of 
Life,  Love,  Peace  and  Harmony,  he  reads  the  differ- 
ent degrees  of  the  vibration  of  the  Soul  concept ;  even 
as  easily  as  he  reads  the  words  which  are  written  on 
the  sign  posts  as  he  passes  along. 

Those  attuned  to  the  same  key  vibrate  together  be 
they  few  or  many.  And  as  long  as  they  vibrate  in 
the  one  key,  harmony  expresses.  But  if  one  or  more 
permit  themselves  to  strike  a  lower  key,  he  is  out  of 
tune,  and  will  be  carried  out  from  the  midst  of  those 
who  are  vibrating  in  harmony.  If  he  desires  to  return 
and  join  this  harmonious  band,  he  must  bring  himself 
back  to  their  vibration.  The  vibrations  of  the  har- 
monized initiates  do  not  change  to  suit  the  one  who 
has  struck  the  discordant  note;  he  must  again  strike 
the  harmonious  note  and  vibrate  in  the  vibration  of 
harmony,  ere  he  will  be  permitted  to  again  meet  with 
the  circle  of  initiates. 

A  discordant  person  will  cause  a  cross-current  of 
vibration  from  his  mind,  which  will  cause  very  much 
work  on  the  part  of  the  high  initiates  to  counteract. 

Then  we  inform  our  chosen  and  prepared  Gurus 
(teachers)  that  it  no  longer  is  required  of  them  to 
give  extra  time  to  a  chela  who  strikes  a  low,  or  dis- 
cordant vibration;  except  you  know  the  heart  link  is 
very  strong;  "be  the  witness!'*  and  remember  no 
illumined  teacher  has  words  or  time  to  give  to  any 
one  except  they  are  sincerely  in  earnest:  those  who 
are  not  can  easily  find  teachers  who  are  teaching  from 
the  intellect  only;  these  are  not  in  so  vital  a  mission 
as  the  Illumined  One  whose  heart  and  head  are 
united. 


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Every  state  of  understanding  of  Truth  hath  its  rate 
of  vibration,  therefore  the  one  who  is  a  spiritual 
reader  of  vibrations  needs  not  to  meet  the  personal  of 
any  man,  he  enters  into  the  silence,  touches  his  vibra- 
tion, and  the  spiritual  seer  easily  reads,  even  though 
the  man  may  run. 

It  is  vitally  important  that  the  student-devotee 
learns  to  read  vibration,  he  then  knoweth  just  where 
to  place  each  one  he  meets. 

When  the  scribes  approached  The  Master  Jesus, 
He  said  to  them,  "Ye  hypocrites!  why  come  ye  here 
to  lay  traps  to  ensnare  me  in  my  words?"  He  knew 
the  thoughts  in  their  minds,  by  first  reading  their 
vibrations. 

Spiritual  vibration  remains,  after  the  carnal  mind 
of  man  has  become  merged  into  the  Divine  Ego, 
(Atman). 

There  are  God-Conscious  Masters  dwelling  in  phys- 
ical bodies  today,  that  they  may  be  a  radiant  center 
for  the  God- Vibrations  to  vibrate  through  to  bless 
the  human  family,  by  raising  the  vibrations  of  the 
earth  man;  and  none  but  those  who  are  attuned  to 
these  vibrations  can  stand  in  their  presence.  This 
can  be  attested  to,  by  those  who  have  traveled  in 
India  and  come  in  touch  with  these  holy  men. 

It  follows,  if  man  reads  the  Spiritual  Vibration, 
he  is  also  a  perfect  reader  of  the  vibrations  in  the 
natural  world. 

There  are  two  ways  to  get  a  cart  to  the  top  of  the 
hill ;  one  is  to  draw  it,  the  other  is  to  get  behind  and 
push.  Both  will  reach  the  hilltop,  but  one  is  much 
more  laborious  than  the  other. 

The  man  who  learns  to  read  the  Spiritual  Vibra- 
tions, and  to  vibrate  in  rhythm  with  them,  draws  the 
cart  easily  and  directly  to  the  summit  of  the  hill;  he 
turns  neither  to  the  right  nor  left. 


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Everything  in  the  Universe  is  in  vibration;  the 
heart  of  the  Mountain,  the  depth  of  the  Sea,  through- 
out the  ethers  of  the  Universe,  the  vibrations  of  the 
Infinite  are  ever  in  ceaseless  action. 

Nature,  the  outer  of  God,  vibrates  in  a  lower, — a 
slower  vibration;  and  at  certain  places  and  times, 
the  vibrations  in  nature  become  so  low,  stagnation  is 
evident,  and  death  is  the  result, — that  is,  a  change 
takes  place,  that  the  atoms  which  have  become  stag- 
nant in  the  low  vibrations,  may  pass  into  a  change 
where  they  eventually  will  vibrate  in  the  vibration  of 
Life  again. 

Thus  we  see,  in  the  process  of  nature,  death  takes 
place,  that  Life  may  become  more  fully  expressed. 
We  are  not  speaking  of  the  Soul  here,  neither  the 
Divine  Man,  as  he  does  not  belong  in  nature ;  he  does 
not  vibrate  in  the  lower  vibration ;  he,  being  a  higher 
rate  of  vibration,  can  easily  read  the  vibrations  of 
nature  and  the  natural  man,  and  understandingly 
vibrate  above  them. 

When  man  becomes  Illumined  through  the  Secret 
Heart  Teaching,  he  does  not  place  the  horse  behind 
the  cart,  but  he  proceeds  in  order  and  godliness,  with 
the  Balance  of  Equilibrium  in  his  hand;  he,  reading 
the  vibrations  moves  steadily  along,  realizing  the  man 
who  is  vibrating  in  the  vibration  of  Aum,  is  ever  at 
the  right  place  at  the  right  time. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

COMPLETENESS. 

'W/'HAT  do  we  understand  completeness  to  be?  The 
message  given  in  this  book  is  direct  to  the  indi- 
vidual. Therefore,  it  is  the  completeness  of  the  indi- 
vidual we  here  refer  to. 

Man  does  not  come  into  the  full  consciousness  of 
completeness  until  he  has  passed  around  the  circle  of 
human  experience,  and  arrives  at  the  place  where  the 
karmic  cloud  shifts  sufficiently  that  he  may  pierce  the 
mist,  and  see  the  light-house  with  its  light  shining 
bright,  not  far  from  the  shore.  If  man  desires  the 
benefit  of  the  Light  which  shines  from  the  light-house, 
he  must  arise  and  travel  over  the  land  which  lies 
between  him  and  the  shore  of  the  Ocean  where  the 
light-house  stands ;  then  he  must  launch  his  bark  upon 
the  bosom  of  the  Deep.  Here  Faith  is  necessary. 

It  is  not  possible  for  man  to  reach  the  state  of 
Completeness  without  Faith,  it  being  the  necessary 
implement;  it  is  the  lever;  therefore,  man  having 
Faith  moves  along  the  Path  even  though  he  sees  not 
the  foot-prints  of  the  Master  in  the  Path  before  him ; 
he  wavers  not  so  long  as  he  hath  the  lever  in  his  heart 
and  hand.  St.  Paul,  an  Initiate,  said,  "  Faith  is  the 
evidence  of  things  not  seen."  As  long  as  man  has 
Faith,  he  has  the  evidence  of  the  unseen  things :  in  the 
state  of  completeness  Faith  has  merged  into  Vision 
Divine,  then  man  sees  and  knows  things  as  they  are. 
Faith  is  the  evidence  of  the  Reality  until  Atman  Con- 
sciousness is  attained,  then  the  seer  sees  with  the  eyes 
of  Atman,  which  is  Vision  Divine ;  it  then  is  no  longer 

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Faith  but  Reality  to  him.  When  man  has  reached  the 
Atman  Consciousnes  he  will  walk  a  Master  among  his 
fellow  men. 

Remember  Atman  is  the  Divine  Man,  and  the 
superstitions  and  conceit  of  the  East  has  fallen  from 
him,  also  the  bigotry  and  self-righteousness  of  the 
West.  To  Atman  there  is  no  East  or  West.  He  is 
conscious  of  the  Absolute  only. 

We  inform  you,  friends,  when  man  has  scaled  the 
heights  even  unto  the  Summit  of  Truth  Absolute; 
Atman  (the  Divine  Man),  perceiveth  the  Fatherhood 
and  Motherhood  of  God,  and  the  Universal  Brother- 
hood of  the  Sons  of  God;  yes,  he  takes  a  step  deeper 
in  the  Ocean  Divine  and  perceives  the  "  Oneness  of 
All,  and  the  Allness  of  the  One.** 

The  man  in  completeness  sees  completeness  and  per- 
fection in  any  direction  he  may  look ;  as  he,  seeing  with 
the  inner  eye,  seeth  correctly.  He  sees  unity  in  the 
midst  of  seeming  diversity.  An  apple  may  be  cut 
into  two  pieces,  or  a  thousand ;  it  is  one  apple.  Is  it 
not? 

Is  this  subject  of  Completeness  of  any  assistance 
to  the  man  who  is  searching  for  the  Truth?  We  see 
it  is:  therefore,  we  give  a  little  light  concerning  it. 

We  read  in  Genesis  of  the  Hebrew  Scriptures,  that 
God  created  man  in  His  Image  and  Likeness.  An 
Image  of  God  surely  must  be  perfect.  Can  a  thing 
be  perfect  and  not  be  complete?  Let  us  see:  we  see 
a  rose  bud,  a  beautiful  bud,  a  perfect  bud;  is  it  com- 
plete? surely  not.  Because,  completeness  means  the 
full  blown  rose. 

We  see  a  beautiful  babe,  perfect  in  every  part  of 
its  body.  But  we,  even  as  we  look  at  the  perfection  of 
the  child,  realize  it  is  not  complete ;  because,  we  could 
not  desire  it  to  remain  a  babe;  but  desire  it  to  grow 
into  manhood,  and  to  express  perfect  manhood.  When 
perfect  manhood  is  expressed,  this  is  completeness. 


COMPLETENESS  39 

"We  see  the  man,  whom  God  created  in  His  Image 
and  Likeness,  and  placed  in  Paradise,  a  perfect  be- 
ing; however,  he  is  as  the  innocent  babe,  he  lovingly 
and  trustingly  abides  in  his  Father's  house  until  he 
desires  a  change ;  he  then  passes  out  into  a  lower  vi- 
bration, and  the  next  record  is  the  Garden  of  Eden; 
the  next  he  passes  into  is  a  still  lower  rate  of  vibra- 
tion, and  moves  out  from  the  Garden  of  Eden  into 
human  experience. 

When  once  man  has  stepped  into  the  Garden  of 
Eden,  then  out  into  the  Wheel  of  Human  Experience, 
he  remains  thereon,  until  he  gleans  the  Light  of 
Truth;  which  results  in  Illumination;  which  frees 
him  from  his  shadows  and  illusions. 

Man  is  the  perfect  being  whom  God  created  in  His 
image  and  likeness,  but  he  does  not  bring  this  per- 
fection into  completeness,  until  he  is  consciously  a 
Free  Soul,  in  Freedom  Divine,  and  clothed  with 
a  completed  form;  the  debris  of  earth  having  been 
washed  away.  He  is  then  not  only  an  innocent  per- 
fect babe,  in  Paradise,  but  he  is  the  full  grown  man, 
and  returns  to  that  place  from  whence  he  came,  (his 
Father's  House,  the  Source;)  in  Completeness.  The 
carnal  mind  merged  into  Atman  Ego,  his  physical 
body  merged  into  the  Atman  form,  which  is  composed 
of  the  Essence  Divine. 

Do  not  be  satisfied  with  anything  less  than  com- 
pleteness. Remember  it  requireth  a  Master  to  ex- 
press completeness.  The  opportunity  is  at  your  door. 

The  Essence  Divine,  is  Aum,  the  Absolute ;  *  *  Christ, 
was  a  conscious  expressed  drop  of  the  Ocean  Essence, 
in  completeness;  Buddha  another." 

Thus  we  see  the  completed  completeness  expressed 
in  Christ,  through  the  man  Jesus  and  the  man  Gau- 
tama; they  proved  their  comprehension  of  complete- 
ness by  their  lives. 

Jesus  Christ  stands  a  Master  in  Completeness ;  and, 


40  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

by  His  works,  causes  men  to  see  when  the  Divine 
Man  has  the  reins ;  he  has  God-given  ability  to  prove 
himself  a  blessing  to  his  fellow  man. 

In  completeness,  there  is  Harmony,  Life,  Peace, 
Love  and  the  completed  man  has  no  anxious  thought 
concerning  the  things  which  he  requires;  he,  in  the 
conscious  understanding  of  completeness,  knoweth  the 
Father's  universe  hath  abundance  for  every  expres- 
sion of  Aum.  He  abides  in  this  inner  light,  and  rests 
in  peace. 

Chelas,  catch  this  abiding  consciousness  of  a  com- 
pleted man,  and  in  peace  and  trust  gather  the  lus- 
cious fruits  which  grow  abundantly  in  the  Father's 
Realm.  Vibrate  in  that  Realm,  and  no  ill  shall  befall 
thee. 

Thou  wilt  not  lack  for  any  good  thing,  for  God  is 
able  to  raise  the  stones  into  bread  if  He  so  decrees. 

'"The  prayers  of  a  righteous  man  availeth  much." 
Forget  not  to  talk  to  the  Father-Mother-God,  through 
Christ,  the  Son. 

We  have  a  good  example  of  how  to  pray  in  Jesus 
Christ's  prayers;  we  also  recall  the  life  He  lived. 

The  man  who  talks  to  God,  from  the  deep  of  a  self- 
ish heart,  prays  amiss.  He  not  having  made  renun- 
ciation, is  endeavoring  to,  ''fill  a  vessel  which  is  al- 
ready full." 

Let  completeness  become  expressed  in  completeness ; 
then  the  individual  has  solved  his  problem,  and  stands 
at  home  in  the  Source;  in  the  Paradisiacal  state;  not 
only  a  perfect  man,  but  a  complete  being;  a  drop  of 
the  Ocean  Essence,  in  the  Ocean,  (Aum). 


CHAPTER  VIII. 
RENUNCIATION. 

man  awakens  from  the  carnal  sleep,  he  be- 
gins to  search  for  something  which  is  not  found 
in  carnality:  he  does  not  know  this  in  his  first  en- 
deavors, therefore,  he  in  all  probability  will  walk  close 
to  the  old  and  familiar  paths,  and  search  deep  in  the 
teachings  which  are  of  man's  origin. 

These  may  enlighten  his  intellect,  please  his  fancy 
and  flatter  his  personal  ego ;  he  may  become  so  egotis- 
tical by  being  fed  from  that  source,  that  the  conclu- 
sion forms  in  his  mind  that  he,  the  personal  ego,  can 
accomplish  anything  he  may  desire  through  his  own 
thought  and  spoken  word,  and  it  is  possible  this  ego 
may  become  so  enlarged  by  feeding  upon  such  food, 
he  concludes  that  if, — ' '  there  is  only  one  Being, ' '  and 
— "he  is  that  being,"  he  can  walk  this  earth,  a  lord 
over  all  who  have  not  his  light,  and  that  he  no  longer 
needs,  therefore,  does  not  desire  God's  assistance. 

In  this  state,  this  personal  ego  scorns  the  assistance 
of  the  Masters  of  Love  and  Compassion,  even  though 
he  may  have  read  in  some  of  his  intellectual  search- 
ings  that  these  Masters  in  the  White  Brotherhood  are 
the  ambassadors  of  Christ. 

A  bigoted  and  self-righteous  state  is  not  becoming 
to  any  one.  "Pride  cometh  before  a  fall." 

Can  the  orange  scorn  the  tree  ?  If  it  does,  it  loosens 
its  close  link,  and  falls  to  the  ground.  It  has  severed 
its  connection  from  the  tree;  the  tree  remains  un- 
moved; and  continues  to  sustain  all  oranges  which 
keep  their  conscious  touch,  or  link  with  the  tree. 

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The  personal  ego  cannot  carry  man  beyond  its  own 
realm;  if  there  is  a  desire  for  that  which  is  in  the 
next  dimension  it  is  necessary  he  make  a  sacrifice; 
we  are  fully  aware  that  many  of  our  friends  do  not 
appreciate  the  word  sacrifice,  however,  we  shall  use  a 
stronger  one,  Renunciation. 

When  man  reaches  the  place  where  he  desires  the, 
''Truth,  the  whole  Truth,  and  nothing  but  the  Truth, " 
the  first  requisite  is  Renunciation;  this  means  the  re- 
nunciation of  the  personal  ego.  Jesus  Christ  said, ' '  you 
cannot  fill  a  vessel  already  full."  Renunciation  is 
the  emptying  of  the  vessel,  that  it  may  be  filled  with 
the  Truth. 

When  the  personal  ego  is  renounced,  even  unto  ex- 
tinction, where  is  the  man?  What  remains  of  him? 
He  is  in  God,  the  Ocean  Essence  Divine.  He  is  At- 
man,  the  Divine  Man  whom  God  brought  into  expres- 
sion at  that  dim  dawn  when  God  brought  creation 
forth.  When  man  has  eliminated  the  personal  ego 
sufficiently,  he  discovers  his  Real  Self,  that  he  is ;  then 
Atman,  the  Real  Self,  continues  to  disrobe  himself  of 
the  human  ego,  until  he  is  stripped  of  his  personal 
ego;  he  casts  away  selfishness,  greed,  self-righteous- 
ness, bigotry,  conceit ;  when  these  are  gone,  fear,  doubt 
and  superstition  retire,  having  no  place  in  the  Atman 
to  abide. 

Renounce  the  Self-will,  "  surrender  thy  human  will 
unto  God 's  will. ' '  Then  Atman,  the  Divine  Self,  which 
is  the  Son  of  God,  being  the  Divine  Essence,  draws 
from  Aum,  all  Wisdom,  Knowledge,  Love,  Peace  and 
Harmony,  as  he  desires. 

Atman  in  man,  being  that  which  God  caused  to  be- 
come expressed  in  form,  rests  in  peace  in  the  Ocean 
Divine;  he  perceives  his  Father-Mother-God,  "know- 
eth  what  he  hath  need  of  before  he  asks."  He  takes 
not  anxious  thought  concerning  anything,  he  under- 
standingly  knows  the  Father  sustains  him;  and  the 


RENUNCIATION  43 

bounty  of  the  Infinite  Universe  is  for  him,  not  only 
for  today,  but  throughout  the  Eternities  to  come.  At- 
man  understands  that  as  long  as  he  vibrates  with  the 
Heart  of  the  Infinite,  which  centers  in  his  heart  (the 
Flame)  he  is  perfectly  linked  with  the  Source,  and 
like  the  orange,  he  draws  his  sustenance  from  the  tree, 
(Aum, — the  Ocean  Essence,) — the  Omnipresent  God. 

The  Master  Jesus  said,  "Flesh  and  blood  doth  not 
enter  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven."  Flesh  and  blood  of 
the  physical  man  is  a  low  vibration  of  the  One 
Essence.  What  causes  a  low  vibration?  A  discord- 
ant note.  Sin  is  not  necessarily  the  only  thing  that 
causes  the  vibrations  to  become  low.  We  ask  what  is 
Sin?  A  mistake.  When  man  makes  a  mistake,  he 
misses  the  mark. 

The  orange  on  the  tree  makes  a  mistake,  when  it 
begins  to  cause  the  link  between  itself  and  the  tree  to 
loosen,  and  thinking  it  can  live  independently  of  the 
tree,  its  vibrations  become  lower  than  the  vibration  of 
the  tree ;  as  two  rates  of  vibration  cannot  be  united  in 
harmony,  the  orange  falls  to  the  ground,  a  low  vibra- 
tion. The  orange  has  not  committed  sin, — it  only 
made  a  mistake.  The  vibrations  of  the  earth  do  not 
vibrate  in  rhythm  with  the  vibrations  of  the  tree; 
neither  do  vibrations  of  flesh  and  blood  vibrate  with 
the  vibrations  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven. 

Man  cannot  be  in  two  rates  of  vibration  at  the  same 
time.  We  have  the  saying  of  the  Illumined  Initiate, 
' '  choose  ye  this  day  whom  you  will  serve. '  ' 

If  man  chooses  to  vibrate  with  the  vibrations  of 
Heaven  (harmony)  he  finds  it  necessary  at  the  start 
to  renounce  the  lower  vibrations. 

When  man  becomes  deeply  in  earnest  about  attain- 
ing unto  the  Illumination,  which  brings  him  to  the 
consciousness  that  he  is  Atman,  the  Divine  Self;  that 
he  has  lived  in  form,  since  the  Father  caused  him  to 
become  an  individualized  form  at  the  dawn,  that  he 


44  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

was,  " never  born,  and  shall  never  die/'  although  he 
has  lived  many  lives  upon  the  earth;  and  that  the 
destination  of  the  Soul  is  the  Source  from  whence  he 
came,  that  this  is  Freedom ;  and  when  he  has  returned 
there  he  is  a  Free  Soul,  and  his  home  is  Freedom,  this 
is  the  God  Conscious  Freedom  of  the  Soul;  he  then 
will  desire  to  make  any  sacrifice,  that  he  may  attain 
unto  this  Illumination.  This  place  is  not  attained  by 
the  personal  ego ;  it  is  entirely  eliminated. 

Renunciation  is  the  only  way  that  will  entirely  un- 
clothe man  of  the  human  self.  How  does  man  re- 
nounce ?  Begin  by.  being  willing  to  submit  his  will 
to  God's  Will.  Let  human  desires  depart  from  the 
mind :  ambition  for  wealth,  for  fame,  for  great  luxury 
and  idleness  are  among  the  first  obstacles  to  be  re- 
nounced; these  do  not  belong  to  the  Real  Self,  and 
are  in  no  way  appreciated  by  those  who  are  walking 
upon  the  Sacred  Path.  Man  does  not  lose  when  he 
makes  this  Renunciation,  but  gains,  as  the  foundation 
of  Atman — the  Divine  Self,  is  the  Eternal  Rock, 
(God). 

Atman  stands  serenely  upon  the  Rock  (Truth)  he 
trustingly  abides  in  the  Harbor  of  Peace  and  Love. 
He  hath  no  care ;  how  could  he  when  he  is  consciously 
in  God,  even  as  the  drop  is  in  the  Ocean?  He  has 
nestled  down  close  to  the  Father-Mother-God,  and, 
4 'God  covers  him  with  His  feathers;"  yes,  "under  His 
wing  doth  he  abide." 

Man  in  that  state  is  in  a  high  vibration,  he  hears 
the  throbbing  Heart  of  the  Infinite,  as  it  touches  the 
strings  of  the  Infinite  Harp,  and  he  listens  to  the  lul- 
laby of  the  Father-Mother,  as  She  whispers  so  tender- 
ly that  the  vibrations  reverberate  throughout  Infin- 
ity; he,  with  his  ear  attuned,  hears  the  sweet  melody 
of  the  lullaby ;  his  heart's  door  open,  the  heart  vibrates 
with  the  Infinite  Heart ;  this  is  Heaven ;  and  truly  no 
flesh  or  blood  can  enter  here.  With  the  eye  of  the 


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Divine  Self  he  sees  the  Real  as  it  is ;  and  he  perceives 
perfection  is  expressed  everywhere.  This  is  what  man 
gains  by  making  his  Renunciation,  if  he  continues  up- 
on the  Sacred  Path  until  he  arrives  at  the  destination. 

The  call  is  to  surrender  thy  self-will,  unto  God's 
Will  and  be  guided  by  the  Wisdom  Divine,  and  be- 
come clean.  * '  Your  body  is  the  Temple  of  the  Living 
God,"  and  Atman  is  the  living  God  that  dwells  with- 
in it. 

When  the  personal  ego  is  surrendered,  the  senses 
have  been  entirely  subjugated  by  the  outer  ego;  and 
when  Atman  Consciousness  expresses  in  man,  there 
are  no  longer  the  human  sense  desires ;  they  are  gone, 
lost  in  the  mist,  where  the  personal  ego  has  merged. 

The  Divine  Self,  when  it  is  the  man,  expresses  in 
Purity,  Holiness,  Gentleness,  Strength  and  Power. 

In  Renunciation,  man  gains  all,  if  he  continues 
steadfastly  upon  the  Path  until  he  has  become  con- 
scious of  the,  *  *  Oneness  of  All,  and  the  Allness  of  the 
One ; "  or,  that  God  and  God  manifest  is  all  there  in 
Reality  Is. 

So-Be-It. 


CHAPTER  IX. 
THE  HEART  CENTER. 

"*  HERE  are  two  centers  the  awakened  man  func- 
tions in ;  the  mind  center,  and  the  heart  center, — 
(the  spiritual  center). 

There  are  those  who  awake  in  the  heart  center  and 
live  a  spiritual  life  in  faith,  love  and  obedience. 

There  are  those  who  awake  in  the  mental;  and  this 
being  the  closing  of  a  cycle,  and  the  beginning  of  an- 
other, men's  minds  are  very  active.  It  is  important 
that  man  becomes  enlightened  about  the  impersonal 
God,  but  when  the  mind  touches  this,  it  becomes  an 
instrument  of  energy;  having  touched  the  Ocean  of 
Energy. 

When  the  mind  awakes  to  the  reality  of  the  imper- 
sonal God,  in  man's  effort  to  forget  his  former  con- 
ception of  a  personal  God,  he,  endeavoring  to  eliminate 
his  idea  of  personality,  may  lose  his  reverence,  love 
and  appreciation  of,  and  for,  God.  As  we  have  ex- 
pressed in  previous  lessons,  this  changes  his  vibra- 
tions; and  he  comes  into  the  mental  vibration.  If 
he  continues  thus  he  will  finally  stand  in  the  outer  or 
mental  ego,  and  having  changed  his  vibration  from 
spirit  to  mind,  he  has  not  a  strong  link  with  the  om- 
nipresent God,  therefore  it  becomes  necessary  he  de- 
pend upon  his  own  efforts  in  teaching  the  Truth  as  he 
sees  it,  or  in  healing,  along  the  line  of  thought  and 
spoken  word.  It  is  quite  easy,  when  man  awakens 
and  is  taught  to  use  his  mind  to  bring  to  him  things 
which  he  desires.  We  then  see  him  set  about  to  use 
his  mind  to  gather  to  him  wealth,  fame  and  personal 
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THE  HEART  CENTER  47 

luxury ;  he  works  from  the  mind  center,  the  head ;  but 
we  remember  that  John  the  Baptist,  who  symbolizes 
the  intellect,  was  beheaded.  And  the  call  of  the  Fath- 
er-Mother-God, has  ever  been,  "give  me  thy  heart/' 

The  awakening  of  the  mind  is  necessary,  and  a  cer- 
tain work  necessarily  must  be  done  in  the  mind,  that 
the  individual  may  attain  Freedom.  The  Carnal 
Mind  in  man  is  the  only  thing  that  hangs  between  thee 
and  thy  God.  As  there  is  naught  between  thee  and 
the  dome  of  the  blue  vault  above,  so  there  is  nothing 
between  thyself  and  the  Infinite.  When  the  Carnal 
Mind  is  caught,  bridled  and  fastened  securely  in  its 
stall;  leave  it  there, — it  has  held  you  in  Maya  (the 
Great  Illusion)  long  enough. 

Atman,  the  Divine  Self,  is  the  Super-Conscious 
Man,  and  ever  At-one-ment  with  the  Father-Mother- 
God;  and  has  the  Divine  Intelligence  operating  in 
him:  therefore  he  has  wisdom,  and  acts  wisely.  At- 
man, the  Real  Self,  does  not  draw  his  wisdom  from 
the  Brain,  it  is  not  his  center  of  action;  the  Brain 
is  merely  his  instrument  to  express  through.  Atman 
is  the  spiritual  man,  the  heart  is  the  spiritual  center 
of  man ;  therefore,  he  centers  in  the  heart,  and  draws 
that  which  he  desires  from  the  Omnipresent  Ocean 
Essence,  which  is  Aum,  through  the  open  door  of  his 
heart;  Atman  swung  wide  the  door  of  his  heart,  he 
remembers  Jesus,  the  Elder  Brother  hath  said,  speak- 
ing from  His  God-consciousness,  l '  I  stand  at  the  door 
of  every  man's  heart,  and  knock;  if  he  will  open  it 
and  invite  Me,  I  will  enter  and  abide  with  him."  And 
that  he  would,  "sup  with  him."  What  is  the  mean- 
ing of  the  term,  "sup  with  him?"  He  will  co-operate 
with  man  when  he  becomes  spiritually  awakened,  and 
centers  in  the  heart  center. 

Then  it  is  easy  to  be  seen  it  is  in  the  heart  center 
that  prayer  is  to  be  spoken,  when  the  desire  is  the 
assistance  and  guidance  of  the  Father-Mother-God; 


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if  the  heart  is  clean,  having  renounced  selfishness,  and 
the  prayer  is  unselfishly  uttered,  it  is  heard  by  the 
Infinite,  and  the  answer  is  sure  if  man  is  in  tune  with 
the  Infinite. 

When  man  has  made  his  renunciation  and  entered 
upon  the  Sacred  Path,  he  abandons  the  mind  center. 
It  is  a  stage  which  he  has  left  behind.  When  man 
has  passed  thus  far  upon  the  Path,  those  in  the  men- 
tal realm  cannot  deceive  him;  he  reads  them  with 
clear  vision;  as  the  vision  of  the  spirit,  is  far  more 
clear  and  strong  than  the  vision  of  mind. 

When  a  man  is  climbing  the  mountains,  he  climbs 
to  the  highest  one  he  sees,  he  may  become  satisfied 
this  is  the  highest  peak,  however,  there  may  be  those 
standing  near  him  who  know  far  different,  because 
they  have  found  other  peaks  much  higher.  As  long  as 
man  is  self-satisfied,  or  bigoted  in  his  belief  that  he 
is  on  the  highest  peak,  even  though  it  may  be  a  foot- 
hill, the  Sage  passes  him  by;  but  smiles  at  the  little- 
ness of  his  conception. 

The  mind  center  is  limited,  and  all  who  become  an- 
chored there  become  limited.  Why?  Because,  mind 
will  finally  become  merged  into  the  Essence  Divine. 
When  this  is  accomplished  his  center  is  his  heart. 

The  Atman,  the  Super-Conscious  Self,  looks  into 
the  heart  center;  he  finds  the  flame  there,  a  flame  of 
the  Infinite  Fire.  Separate  a  flame  from  its  source, 
and  the  flame  becomes  extinct.  The  Flame  in  man's 
heart  is  a  flame  of  the  Infinite  Fire;  and  from  the 
fact  it  is  not  extinct,  proves  it  is  connected  with  the 
Infinite.  We  read  in  Scripture,  "God  is  a  consum- 
ing fire,"  man  being  the  flame,  and  at-one  with  the 
Infinite  Fire,  all  dross  will  eventually  become  con- 
sumed, then  Atman,  the  Divine  Self,  has  arrived  at 
Home ;  He  here  perceives  he  is  a  drop  of,  and  a  drop 
in,  the  Ocean  Divine;  and  this  is  Aum.  (the  imper- 
sonal God). 


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Shall  man  at  the  state  where  he  finds  himself  at 
home  in  the  Ocean  Divine,  forget  the  Personal  God? 
Not  so.  Here  he  becomes  acquainted  with  the  Divine 
Mother  (Kali).  She  is  God-Love  expressed  in  form, 
and  She  expresses  universal  Love.  When  man  has 
passed  from  the  ancient  belief  of  a  personal  God  of 
wrath,  into  the  mental  understanding  of  the  imper- 
sonal God,  his  next  step  is  to  become  acquainted  with 
the  Divine  Mother  (the  Personal  God).  The  Ancients 
symbolized  Her  by  using  the  White  Lotus,  which  ex- 
presses in  form,  from  the  formless;  and  is  a  symbol 
of  purity  and  love,  (white  being  a  symbol  of  purity, 
and  deep  yellow  of  Love).  She  rests  serenely  and 
steadfastly  upon  the  Bosom  of  Aum,  as  the  lily  rests 
on  the  bosom  of  the  water. 

Thus  we  have  the  blue  Ocean  symbolic  of  Aum,  (the 
impersonal  God),  the  Father;  and  the  Lotus  reposing 
upon  the  bosom  of  the  water,  symbolic  of  Kali,  the 
Divine  Mother, — the  Personal  God. 

Go  deep  into  your  heart  center,  sincere  friends, 
you  may  find  a  Lotus  of  purity  and  love  there;  if 
you  do,  dig  deep  and  find  where  its  roots  are  anchored. 
Should  you  touch  the  Consciousness-Divine,  (all 
things  being  possible  with  God)  you  may  see  with 
the  Vision  Divine  that  you  are  the  Lotus. 

Look  up  friends!  and  search  out  the  Divine  possi- 
bilities of  man.  It  has  not  been  idle  play  that  the 
different  Incarnations  have  come  to  earth,  and  dwelt 
among  the  men  of  earth.  Brothers!  those  who  have 
become  self-righteous,  and  self-satisfied,  let  us  inform 
you  the  Living  God  is  near,  even  in  thy  heart;  you 
cannot  from  Him  depart ;  because  He  is  Omnipresent ; 
you  cannot  live  without  Him;  for  God  is  your  very 
Breath,  your  Life. 

When  man  finds  the  heart  center,  and  how  to  enter 
there  and  become  in  one  accord  with  the  "  Being  that 
Is, ' '  he  begins  to  taste  of  satisfaction,  and  it  will  final- 
ly become  Divine  Satisfaction. 


CHAPTER  X. 
FINDING  ATMAN. 

of  the  requirements  of  the  Chela  upon  the 
Path  is  that  he  find  his  Real  Self. 

Only  a  few  words  are  given  here,  as  much  teaching 
is  necessary  that  man  may  come  to  the  full  Realiza- 
tion of  his  Divine  Self  which  is  Atman, — the  Knower 
Self.  This  is  wrought  out  through  the  heart  center. 

The  Path  of  the  White  Lotus,  or  the  Secret  Heart, 
is  the  Path  of  Love  and  Devotion. 

When  the  Chela  upon  the  Bhakti  Path,  finds,  then 
realizes  he  is  Atman, — the  Knower  Self,  he  finds  him- 
self in  the  Ocean  Essence  Divine ;  then  reverence  and 
appreciation,  for  the  Great  God  becomes  expressed  in 
him  through  devotion. 

It  is  in  the  heart  center  he  expresses  his  gratitude 
to  God;  and  in  the  Atman  consciousness,  he  in 
strength,  courage  and  ability  expresses;  but  he  is 
clothed  in  gentleness  and  humility;  these  express  in 
kindness  and  tolerance  toward  his  fellow  man. 


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CHAPTER  XI. 
AT-ONE-MENT  WITH  THE  GREAT  "I  AM." 

I  T  IS  in  the  Illuminated  state  in  man  where  he  comes 

into  the  realization  of  himself  as  Atman,  the  Divine 
Self ;  and  the  at-one-ment  of  the  Divine  Self  with  the 
Great"!  Am." 

In  this  deep  recognition  of  the  Real  as  it  is,  man 
realizes  that,  ' '  as  above,  so  it  is  below. ' '  The  ' '  I  Am ' ' 
being  the  Omnipresence  of  the  Infinite,  it  being  the 
All,  and  expressed  in  All,  the  dew-drop  can  easily 
slip  into  the  shining  sea,  the  "I  Am"  yet  remain  in 
the  sea,  and  retain  its  individuality. 

When  man  has  the  full  Illumination  which  brings 
him  into  conscious  soul  freedom,  in  Freedom  Divine, 
he  is  consciously  and  understandingly  in  the  Ocean 
Essence  Divine,  but  he  in  this  Illuminated  state  of  at- 
one-ment,  loses  not  his  individuality,  but  retains  it; 
not  only  as  an  idea,  but  his  form  is  as  perfect  as  at 
the  dawn. 

Thus  you  can  see  when  man  has  found  Atman,  and 
merges  into  him,  he  then  being  one  man,  and  has  his 
realization  of  his  at-one-ment  with  the  "I  Am", 
which  is  the  Infinite,  his  next  step  is  redemption  for 
the  body,  (the  Temple)  ;  this  through  the  vibration 
of  the  Atman  becomes  merged  into  the  Divine  Vibra- 
tion, and  is  finally  merged  into  Atman ;  he  then  is  the 
Illuminated  Cross,  or,  a  Bright  and  Shining  One.  Man 
then  enjoys  the  companionship  of  the  Glorified  Ones, 
and  he,  as  they,  lives  conscious  of  his  at-one-ment 
with  his  Father-Mother-God.  Then  he  moves  along 
softly,  yet  in  strength,  and  is  willingly  and  sincerely 
about  his  Father's  business;  it  matters  not  to  him 
where  his  field  of  action  is.  He  is  the  "Son  of  the 
Solitude",  he  is  a  "Divine  Mystic",  he  hath  touched 

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52  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

the  Great  Mystery  when  he  perceived  his  at-one-ment 
with  the  Infinite;  he  ever  remembers  God  being  the 
Great  Mystery  can  at  any  time  express  above  man's 
vainest  imaginations. 

He  has  learned  that  God,  the  Great  Mystery,  ex- 
presses in  the  bulb,  and  the  beautiful  white  lily  comes 
forth.  He  expresses  in  the  tree,  and  fruit  comes 
forth.  Man  may  dissect  the  bulb,  he  may  carve  it 
into  pieces,  but  the  mystery  evades  him.  The  carnal 
man  even  by  searching,  cannot  find  God. 

But  Atman,  the  Divine  Self,  ever  knoweth  his  At- 
one-ment  with  the  Father ;  thus  we  see  if  man  desires 
to  touch  the  Great  Mystery,  God,  he  must  become 
Atman- Consciousness :  this  is  the  Great  Mystery ;  when 
man  perceives  this,  he  is  a  Divine  Mystic ;  and  if  he  is 
alone  in  the  mountain  vastness,  or  the  desert  deso- 
lation, or  the  busy  marts  of  a  great  city,  he  vibrates 
with  the  mystics  who  are  conscious  of  their  at-one- 
ment  with  the  "I  Am"  of  the  Universe,  which  is  the 
Infinite:  and  ere  many  moons  pass  he  will  come  in 
touch  with  them  in  the  outer,  if  he  so  desires. 

When  man  has  realized  the  At-one-ment  with  the 
Omnipresent  Aum, — the  Father-Mother-God,  he  then 
rests  in  the  green  fields  of  Paradise;  he  walks  be- 
side the  River  of  Life,  he  rests  in  the  shade  of  the 
Tree  of  Life.  He  lives  in  consciousness  of  the  One- 
ness of  the  All;  and  of  the  Eternity  as  it  IS. 

In  contentment  he  serenely  dwells  here;  he  appre- 
ciates the  song  of  the  birds ;  he  enjoys  seeing  the  sheep 
gathered  into  the  fold;  there  is  no  night  there;  he 
has  merged  into  Eternity,  where  Light  is  Supernal, 
and  there  is  no  setting  sun. 

The  soft  zephyrs  fan  his  brow,  he  inhales  the  per- 
fume from  the  flowers  of  Paradise.  He  may  watch 
the  soft  fleecy  clouds  as  they  pass  between  him  and 
the  blue  dome  above  him,  but  they  do  not  disturb 
him;  he  is  serenely  anchored  in  the  Heart  of  God. 
AT-ONE-MENT. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

FREEDOM. 

pREEDOM  divine !  it  is  the  home  of  the  Soul, 

It  is  the  Realm  of  Light,  Love  and  Peace. 
No  cloud  of  darkness  passes  here,  all  is  Light. 
And  man  is  rocked  in  the  cradle  of  the  Deep. 

The  Soul  at  home  in  freedom,  consciously 
Rests  in  the  Soul's  bliss  supernal; 
The  chains  of  darkness  are  snapped  asunder, 
His  home  is  the  Infinite  Universe. 

He  soars  in  realms  divine,  and 
Rides  on  the  crest  of  the  waves  of  the  sea ; 
He  rests  on  the  mountain  summit, 
Or  spreads  his  pinions  to  other  climes. 

What  careth  he  for  forest  dark? 
Or  the  bleakness  and  cold  of  the  north, 
Or  the  soft  breezes  of  the  tropical  clime? 
He  has  scaled  the  heights. 

Things  of  the  carnal  disturb  him  not, 
He  is  anchored  in  the  great  deep ; 
And  holdeth  a  balance  in  his  hand: 
He  loveth  both  God  and  man. 

The  Illumined  Soul  in  Freedom, 
Is  conscious  of  the  great  completeness. 
He  abides  in  the  center  of  his  being; 
Thus  doing,  he  is  forever  at  home. 

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54  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

The  soul  in  freedom,  knoweth  his  Father, 
He  recognizes  the  Supreme  Spirit, 
And  boweth  in  reverential  appreciation 
Of  his  Source,  his  Father-Mother-God. 

He  rests  serenely  upon  the  bosom  of  Aum; 
Even  as  the  Lotus  nestles  upon  the  water; 
He  has  learned  the  secret  of  the  Universe.  "To  Be." 
He,  anchored  in  the  deep  serenely  abides  at  home. 

He  lists  to  the  lullaby  of  the  Infinite, 
Chanting  soft  and  low  over  the  harp  of  infinity; 
He  feels  the  touch  of  the  Infinite  Heart, 
And  knows  he  is  at  one  with  All. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 
THE  BALANCE. 

\Y/'HEN  man  has  studied  concerning  the  deep 
things  of  God,  until  they  become  a  reality  to 
him,  he  then  perceives,  he,  being  an  individual  ex- 
pression of  the  Father-Mother-God,  it  is  his  province 
to  bring  into  expression  in  the  outer  world,  the  per- 
fection and  completeness  of  that  which  he,  in  the  Di- 
vinity of  himself,  is. 

In  bringing  the  Divine  Man,  (Atman)  into  expres- 
sion in  the  outer  form,  and  manifesting  this  in  the 
outer  world,  man  requires  balance.  Therefore  the 
Father  places  a  balance  in  the  hand  of  every  student- 
devotee  as  he  approaches  the  Portal  of  entrance  to  the 
Sacred  Path. 

When  man  has  heard  the  "  Still  Small  Voice  of 
God"  sufficiently  to  become  aroused,  and  begins  to 
study  concerning  the  Truth,  which  is  God,  and  His 
message  to  man ;  if  in  his  searchings  he  strikes  a  key 
that  vibrates  with  his  inner  self, — the  Real  Self  (At- 
man) he  soon  becomes  so  deeply  in  earnest  he  is  a 
student-devotee,  one  who  in  reverence  and  apprecia- 
tion goes  deep  into  the  teachings  concerning  the  Ocean 
Essence  Divine,  which  is  the  Omnipresent  God. 

As  man  studies  concerning  this  Ocean  Essence  of 
which  his  form,  He,  the  Real  Man,  is  formed;  then 
of  the  Father-Mother-God  who  ever  abides  in  this 
Essence,  both  personal  and  impersonal,  Love  Divine 
begins  to  express  within  him ;  for  this  Infinite  is  ever 
near,  yea,  even  within  him,  and  at  the  same  time  is 
everywhere;  and  realizes  that  the  center  of  the  In- 

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56  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

finite  to  him,  is  in  his  own  heart,  and  can  hear  every 
thought  and  word  there  spoken;  and  that  the 
"circumference  of  the  Infinite  is  nowhere, "  it  being 
the  Absolute,  and  all  there  in  reality  is.  Man  hav- 
ing touched  the  Essence  Divine,  walks  upon  the 
Bhakti  Path,  which  is  the  Path  of  Love  and  devotion. 

As  man  moves  along  upon  the  Path  he  becomes  con- 
scious of  the  Absolute  Truth,  concerning  God,  man 
and  the  Universe ;  however,  this  is  the  Inner,  or  Spir- 
itual to  him;  and  he  sees  the  reality  of  it  with  the 
eye  of  Faith,  and  the  eye  of  Inner  seership ;  which 
eye,  is  the  eye  of  Atman,  (the  Real  Self)  ;  and  we 
will  add  here,  as  man  becomes  clearer  in  inner  sight, 
he  moves  forward  into  deeper  seership,  until  he  has 
the  fullness  of  the  inner  sight;  this  is  Vision  Divine. 
And  all  Souls  upon  the  Bhakti  Path  will  come  into 
this  clear  vision,  as  the  Atman  pierces  the  veil  of  the 
carnal  mind.  The  vision  of  Atman  has  never  grown 
dim,  and  he  is  the  man  who  has  moved  down  the 
ages,  since  that  dim  dawn  when  man  became  an  in- 
dividual, God  causing  him  to  take  form  in  "His  im- 
age and  likeness." 

This  is  digressing  just  a  little  from  the  main  sub- 
ject; however,  it  is  an  opportune  place  to  express 
a  deep  secret  to  the  awakened  man,  and  we  are  fully 
aware  the  unawakened  will  not  hear  it;  but  we  call 
to  remembrance,  that  same  state  of  mind  did  not 
hear  Gautama  Buddha,  neither  Jesus,  the  Christ. 

This  secret  is,  "God  has  created  man  in  His  Image 
and  Likeness."  This  being  true,  what  is  man?  God 
said  He  created  man  in  His  image  and  likeness,  did 
He  not? 

Then,  to  perceive  what  man  is,  man  necessarily  must 
know  what  God  is. 

This  is  the  mystery  just  back  of  the  curtain.  With 
Insight  and  Illumination,  brush  the  curtain  aside ;  and 
behold,  thou  art  At-one  with  God. 


THE  BALANCE  57 

What  have  the  Incarnations,  the  Illumined  Sages, 
Prophets  and  Rishis  discerned  God  to  be?  Aum,  the 
impersonal  and  omnipresent  One,  and  Kali  (the 
Word),  the  personal.  Let  the  deep  devotee  search 
here,  and  he  will  become  quickened  by  God  Himself, 
into  the  Truth  concerning  man. 

As  we  stated  above,  the  vision  of  Atman,  thy  Divine 
Self,  has  never  grown  dim;  but  he  being  encased  in 
the  physical  body  when  he  takes  birth,  the  physical 
man  being  the  outer  man,  has  control,  in  fact  thinks 
he  is  the  man,  and  sincerely  so;  because  his  vibra- 
tions are  lower  than  the  vibration  of  Atman,  and 
he  does  not  know  Atman,  the  Real  Self,  exists;  then 
man  begins  to  feel  the  urge  of  Atman,  and  some  one 
exclaims,  man  has  a  Soul;  then  another  cries  out, 
Soul  is  of  God ;  then  another  one  catches  a  flash  light 
from  the  Infinite,  and  he  announces  the  Soul  is  Im- 
mortal, therefore  cannot  die. 

As  man  moves  along  in  the  Light  of  Truth  Abso- 
lute concerning  God,  Man  and  the  Universe,  he  real- 
izes the  inner,  or  the  reality  of  that  which  is,  in  its 
impersonal  or  unmanifest  presence;  and  the  expres- 
sions of  this  unmanifest  Essence  into  forms ;  and  that 
these  expressions  compose  the  Infinite  Universe ;  and 
the  myriad  systems  of  universes  within  it,  including 
all  forms  from  the  atom,  the  blade  of  grass,  the  grain 
of  sand,  the  mountains  and  seas;  and  all  the  differ- 
ent kingdoms,  and  man,  ll God's  crowning  glory." 
This  the  Illumined  Sage  perceives  to  be  the  Absolute, 
as  it  is. 

However,  the  student-devotee  finds  as  he  looks 
around  him  with  his  outer  eye — the  eye  of  the  physi- 
cal man,  he  sees  the  relative  world;  this  is  nature; 
and  man,  and  all  things,  live  in  nature's  laws,  and  is 
subject  to  them.  The  unawakened  man  believes  this 
to  be  the  Real.  But  the  awakening  man  soon  sees 
there  is  something  behind  this  changing  panorama 
that  is  permanent,  therefore,  Eternal. 


58  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

When  the  awakened  man  starts  upon  the  Sacred 
Path,  it  is  necessary  he  carry  a  balance  in  his 'hand, 
also,  a  Square  and  Compass.  But  without  the  Bal- 
ance, he  most  likely  will  not  travel  far  upon  the 
Path.  This  Sacred  Path  is  where  man  comes  into  the 
understanding  of  himself  as  he  really  is,  and  the  Uni- 
verse as  it  is ;  and  Nature  as  it  is. 

This  is  a  new  route  to  him;  not  having  traveled 
it  before,  he  treads  lightly;  but  with  the  Balance 
in  his  hand  his  steps  are  strong  and  firm.  He,  with 
the  Balance  in  his  hand,  will  not  become  fanatical 
about  the  Real,  as  it  is;  but  accept  it  and  in  under- 
standing become  serene,  sure  and  steadfast;  and  in 
reverence,  and  appreciation  he  walks  bravely  on ;  and 
ever  wears  a  robe  of  humility ;  and  this  will  eventually 
cover  a  Master,  if  he  always  carries  the  Balance.  It 
is  not  fanaticism  which  helps  men  through  the  Great 
Illusion, — Maya;  or  assists  our  fellow  men  to  find  the 
way  out  of  the  Illusive  Forest.  Neither  does  it  as- 
sist man,  if  the  other  side  of  the  Balance  hangs  low, 
and  he  steps  aside  into  the  green  fields  to  gather  the 
carnal  flowers,  as  these  will  fade  and  disappear,  and 
he  will  perceive  he  has  been  delayed  awhile ;  this  may 
be  the  few  years  of  one  birth,  or  a  few  centuries.  How- 
ever, when  he  gets  the  Balance  so  it  hangs  even  he 
will  again  walk  direct  in  the  center  of  the  Path,  and 
if  he  has  learned  his  lesson  he  will  not  loiter  again. 

As  man,  (even  though  Illumined  concerning  Truth 
Absolute),  moves  in  the  world,  he  requires  constant 
vigilance  on  his  part  to  meet  each  and  every  experi- 
ence of  daily  life,  be  it  pleasant  or  unpleasant,  and 
remain  serene  and  unmoved.  This  he  can  do,  if  he 
remembers  to  carry  the  Balance;  remembering  there 
is  a  time  for  all  necessary  things ;  and  a  proper  place 
for  him  to  be  at  all  times.  To  thus  do,  and  be,  it  re- 
quires constant,  prayer,  "in  season  and  put  of  sea- 
son;" a  constant  realization  of  the  Real  as  it  is ;  and 


THE  BALANCE  59 

Love  and  appreciation  for  the  great  "I  AM/'  which 
is,  was,  and  ever  will  be ;  the  One  that  is  the  All,  and 
the  All  that  is  the  One. 

Carry  thy  Balance  steadily  here,  brothers,  as  the 
Light  is  strong,  and  it  requires  the  strength  of  the 
Soul,  "the  Real, — the  Divine  Self,"  to  soar  into  this 
realization;  and  there  the  Balance  must  be  kept  in 
thy  hand  if  you  be  empowered  to  remain. 

We  see  Nature,  "which  is  the  outer  garment  of 
God, ' '  all  about  us ;  we  love  Nature  in  all  its  different 
moods;  we  stand  in  awe,  before  the  darkening  clouds 
as  we  watch  the  cyclone  approach.  We  bow  in  ap- 
preciation as  we  watch  the  setting  sun,  and  its  beauti- 
ful after  glow  as  it  is  spread  on  mountain-tops,  over 
the  valleys,  deserts  and  plains.  We  walk  amidst  the 
mystery  of  Nature  in  the  ice-embraced  North.  We 
rest  in  the  shade  of  the  trees  of  the  tropical  climes; 
and  list  to  the  songs  of  the  little  songsters,  as  they 
warble  forth  in  gratitude  to  AUM.  We  silently  sit 
by  the  seaside,  and  while  listening  to  its  sound,  mur- 
muring in  the  softness  of  low  tide,  or  the  thunderous 
tones  of  the  high !  We  think  on  the  mightiness  of  it 
all ;  and  as  we  meditate  upon  the  wonders  of  Nature, 
man  may  pierce  the  veil,  and  find  Almighty  God,  just 
there,  and  everywhere.  Man  may  climb  to  the  moun- 
tain summit,  and  become  entranced  by  the  beauty 
with  which  God  hath  clothed  all :  he  may,  through  the 
emotions  being  stirred,  (the  emotions  ever  belong  to 
the  outer  man,  and  not  to  the  Real  Self)  express  in 
ryhthmic  harmony,  in  music  or  in  verse. 

Man  in  the  emotional  state,  has  not  become  Illum- 
ined concerning  the  Real  and  the  Relative.  But  he 
is  in  a  fair  way  to  reach  the  straight  line — if  he 
desires  to  be  taught — to  find  that  straight  and  direct 
line,  which  lieth  between  that  which  is  Eeternal,  which 
is  God,  and  God  in  expression;  and  Nature,  "which 
is  the  outer  garment  of  God,"  (the  Eternal). 


60  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

Nature  is  ever  changing ;  we  have  Springtime,  Sum- 
mer, Autum  and  Winter;  then  Springtime,  Sum- 
mer, Autum  and  Winter;  a  continuous  change;  for- 
ever coming  and  forever  going.  Do  we  place  a  scan- 
dal upon  Nature  or  condemn  it  in  any  way  ?  No ! 

The  fully  Illumined  Sage  moves  out  from  his  cave 
of  deep  meditation  with  a  Balance  in  his  hand;  he 
sees  the  dividing  line  everywhere;  he  sings  his  songs 
of  praise  to  the  invisible  Omnipresence;  and  appre- 
ciates Nature  in  any  mood  it  approaches  him.  The 
Sage  has  learned  ere  he  attained  full  Illumination, 
that  it  is  necessary  to  disentangle  himself  from  the 
carnal  man's  nature,  desires  and  ambitions.  He  has 
listened  to  the  teachings  of  the  Ancients  concerning 
Renunciation;  and  at  this  place  on  the  Path  hath 
learned  them,  and  put  them  into  practice  and  proved 
them  true;  and  stands  an  Illumined  Sage.  He  hath 
held  the  Balance  firmly  in  his  hand,  and  now  can 
love  and  appreciate  Nature,  and  at  the  same  time 
remain  anchored  deep  in  God,  the  Omnipresent 
Aum. 

The  unawakened  man  requires  a  Balance  even  as 
he  moves  along  in  the  world.  Equilibrium!  This  is 
required  in  the  world;  and  it  is  necessarily  essential 
in  the  Spiritually  Illumined  Sage.  An  Illumined 
Sage  means  an  Illumined  Saint.  There  are  many 
Saints  who  have  become  thus  through  Faith;  this  is 
good;  we  would  there  were  more.  There  are  no  mis- 
takes in  the  workings  of  the  Great  Law,  and  every 
one  is  at  the  right  place  upon  his  Path. 

The  Illumined  Saint  heard  a  call  sound  one  day; 
it  said  to  him,  Jesus  Christ,  the  Great  Initiate,  said 
to  His  fellow  man,  "Ye  shall  know  the  Truth,  and  the 
Truth  shall  make  you  free."  And  started  in  the  di- 
rection it  indicated. 

St.  Paul  said,  "Faith  is  the  substance  of  things 
hoped  for,  the  evidence  of  things  not  seen."  When 


THE  BALANCE  61 

we  know  this,  we  have  the  Real  within  our  midst.  The 
Real  is  the  Truth.  This  consciousness  of  the  Truth 
brings  man  to  the  Oneness,  also  the  At-one-ment  with 
the  Infinite. 

It  is  necessary  man  carry  his  Balance  in  his  hand 
every  moment  of  the  day,  and  every  hour  in  the  twen- 
ty-four. As  man  meets  unexpected  and  perplexing 
problems,  if  he  is  anchored,  and  has  understanding 
unto  Illumination,  he  is  ever  poised  amidst  any  con- 
dition, be  it  the  calmness  of  the  blue  sky,  or  the  raging 
storm  of  the  great  Deep. 

The  Father-Mother-God  hath  whispered  through  the 
lips  of  His  Prophets,  "Abide  in  Me."  "I  will  never 
leave  or  forsake  thee." 

King  David  so  closely  nestled  to  the  Heart  of  the 
Infinite  in  his  trysting  times,  that  he  sang  to  his 
brothers  about  the  sublimity  of  it.  He  said,  '  *  He  that 
dwells  in  the  secret  place  of  the  most  high,  shall  abide 
under  the  shadow  of  the  Almighty."  "He  will  cover 
you  with  His  feathers,  under  His  wing  shall  you 
trust.  " 

Come  with  us,  our  brothers,  into  the  deep  Light  of 
the  Absolute ;  and  let  your  Souls  sing  the  song  of  the 
Eternal,  that  is  never  silenced  by  setting  suns. 

Come  climb  with  us  to  the  mountain  summit;  and 
view  the  Universe  o'er,  and  with  the  Vision  Divine 
see  Nature  merge  into  the  Absolute  and  perceive  the 
Infinite,  as  He  expresses  His  Eternal  Self  in  all  the 
different  forms;  then  keeping  the  Balance  in  your 
hand,  you  walk  in  the  world  amidst  your  fellow  man, 
in  the  appearance  of  a  mortal ;  but  an  Immortal  hath 
taken  his  place;  you,  realizing  this,  are  a  blessing  to 
your  fellow  man. 

David,  when  only  a  shepherd  lad  quietly  watched 
his  sheep,  taking  them  out  to  pasture  in  the  morning, 
remaining  with  them  through  the  day,  and  gathered 
them  into  the  fold  at  even-tide  that  they  may  be  pro- 


62  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

tected  through  the  night;  we  here  have  a  picture  of 
his  faithfulness  to  his  outer  duties ;  and  the  time  came, 
when  the  people  required  help,  that  the  land  might 
become  freed  from  the  giant,  Goliath.  When  they  told 
the  lad  about  it,  he  said,  "I  can  do  that." 

The  giant  came  clothed  in  the  preparation  of  de- 
fense from  his  view-point.  David  had  brought  his 
sling  along,  (his  Balance),  He  went  to  the  brook  and 
gathered  five  small  stones.  The  giant  scorned  the  idea 
of  combat  with  such  a  lad.  What  did  David  do  ?  He 
reminded  them,  that  his  God  was  great  enough  to  re- 
move any  evil  influence  from  the  land,  if  the  people 
trusted  in  Him;  then  prayed. 

In  every  department  of  man's  ongoings,  the  Bal- 
ance is  necessary;  and  remember  it  must  hang  even- 
ly balanced,  that  the  vibrations  of  the  Infinite  may 
vibrate  in  and  through  man,  that  he  be  assisted  at  all 
times,  and  like  ^David,  is  ready  to  prove  himself  a 
blessing  to  his  brothers. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 
Is  PRAYER  ESSENTIAL? 

I  N  GIVING  forth  the  message  of  the  Absolute  Truth, 
'  upon  the  Knowledge  Path,  to  assist  man  to  find 
his  way  out  from  Maya:  our  foundation  is  the  Abso- 
lute, which  is  God  and  God  manifest,  and  which  is 
all  there  in  reality  is. 

Different  states  of  the  awakening  man  wonder  why, 
if  this  is  true,  man  should  pray,  or  in  any  way  ask 
assistance  from  any  source,  as  he  is  informed  by  the 
Illuminati  that  God's  works  are  perfect,  and  change 
not. 

It  is  easily  to  be  seen,  such  a  state  of  mind  is  not 
Illumined.  If  it  were,  it  could  see  that  man,  although 
in  his  Divine  Self  is  a  perfect  expression  of  God,  yet, 
in  his  outer,  or  physical  self,  he  requires  assistance 
that  he  may  pass  out  from  the  Great  Illusion. 

After  the  Soul  of  man  becomes  encased  in  the  form 
of  the  physical,  or  natural  world,  and  vibrating  in 
that  vibration,  he  having  lost  his  way,  requires  guid- 
ance and  assistance  that  he  may  find  his  way  out  from 
this  state;  the  Ancients  have  called  it  the,  " Forest 
of  Illusion,"  or,  "Maya";  and  some  call  it  the, 
"Mist."  We  read  in  Genesis  of  the  Hebrews  Scrip- 
tures, "that  a  mist  arose." 

The  Soul  of  man,  as  it  vibrates  in  low  enough  vibra- 
tion to  touch  the  mist,  becomes  lost  in  it;  and  when 
he  is  quickened  so  the  desire  becomes  evident  within 
him,  to  escape  from  it,  he  knows  not  the  way  that 
will  bring  him  to  the  open. 

Here  is  where  man  prays;  it  may  at  first  be  the 

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64  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

prayer  of  blind  faith  to  a  vague  and  far  away  God; 
but  remembering  St.  Paul,  a  high  Initiate,  said 
"Faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped  for,  the  evi- 
dence of  things  not  seen."  Man  in  prayer  is  setting 
in  operation  a  law  which  will  bring  to  him  his  desired 
guidance,  and  assistance. 

God  ever  heareth  the  call  of  His  children,  even 
though  it  may  be  a  feeble  one;  if  it  is  unselfish  and 
sincere. 

The  innocent  child  can  utter  its  prayer  in  childlike 
trust  and  faith,  not  knowing  anything  about,  if  God 
is  far,  or  near;  and  it  will  be  answered;  the  child 
has  met  the  requirements, — belief;  it  believes  in  God 
and  His  ability  and  willingness  to  hear  and  answer  its 
prayer,  when  it  expresses  its  desire.  Herein  lieth  a 
secret;  prayer  must  be  expressed,  it  matters  not  if  it 
is  silent  or  audible,  although  there  are  times  when  it 
is  wise,  and  best,  to  voice  the  request  or  prayer  aloud. 
And  at  other  times  it  is  wise  to  silently  commune  with 
the  Father-Mother-God. 

It  is  well  when  man  requires  assistance  from  high 
Heaven,  to  solve  his  problems  in  his  relative  life,  that 
he  call  to  remembrance  David,  the  shepherd  lad;  he 
was  faithfully  tending  his  flocks,  doing  that  which 
was  duty  at  hand,  at  the  same  time  he  was  so  con- 
centrated, contented,  balanced  and  poised,  that  he 
could  step  .from  the  quiet  grazing  ground  of  the  flock 
in  the  hill  country,  or  on  mountain  side,  into  an  open 
conflict  with  the  giant  Goliath. 

Goliath,  the  giant,  who  was  causing  such  deep  dis- 
turbance among  the  people,  is  symbolical  of  the  Ad- 
versary. 

The  Adversary  is  that  opposing  force  which  is  ever 
operating,  that  the  mist  may  remain  so  thick  that  man 
may  not  find  his  way  out;  but  when  one  becomes 
strong  enough  to  brush  the  mist  aside  and  start  upon 
the  Path,  which,  if  he  travels  he  will  pass  out  from 


Is  PRAYER  ESSENTIAL?  65 

the  Illusive  Forest,  then  the  Adversary  operates,  first 
in  one  guise  and  another. 

It  is  here  again,  that  prayer  is  necessary;  and  if 
man  will  continue  to  call  to  the  Father-Mother-God, 
remembering  Jesus  Christ  said,  "Ask,  seek  and 
knock. "  The  Father's  Light  will  light  his  path  and 
he  will  see  the  way. 

As  man  comes  near  the  edge  of  the  Forest,  more  is 
required  of  him  than  calling  for  assistance;  here  it 
is,  he  must  get  so  close  to  God  understandingly,  that 
he  can  talk  face  to  face  with  God;  because,  the  Light 
is  very  bright  and  strong  beyond  the  Illusive  Forest 
and  man  must  understandingly  vibrate  with  the  Light, 
as  he  nears  the  edge  of  the  Forest ;  so,  when  he  steps 
into  the  full  Light,  he  can  become  that  Light;  and 
not  be  blinded  by  its  brightness. 

As  man  approaches  the  outer  edge  of  the  Illusive 
Forest, — Carnality,  being  upon  the  Sacred  Path, 
where  the  Holy  Initiates  of  all  ages  have  trod,  he  vi- 
brates in  the  vibrations  of  those  who  have  passed 
along  before  him.  Here,  he  being  near  the  fullness  of 
Light,  prays  as  Jesus,  the  Great  Initiate,  did;  Jesus 
talked  as  familiarly  to  the  Father-Mother-God,  as  a 
child  talks  to  its  fleshly  parents. 

Brothers,  get  the  key  of  Prayer  from  the  example 
which  Jesus  Christ  set. 

Even  though  Jesus  fully  and  understandingly  knew 
that  the  Infinite  knew  all,  He  said,  "The  Father  ever 
knoweth  what  ye  have  need  of  before  ye  ask  Him." 
But  we  find  Jesus  placed  in  expressed  form  His  re- 
quests to  the  Father-Mother.  Note  the  results  of  His 
prayers.  He,  not  asking  amiss,  His  prayers  were  an- 
swered; but  we  note  this,  His  prayers  were  not  for 
Himself,  but  His  brothers;  in  other  words,  His  were 
unselfish  prayers,  and  voiced  unselfishly.  Thus  pray- 
ing, the  Esoteric  Laws  were  set  in  action,  and  they 
acted  unceasingly  until  the  request  was  fulfilled. 


66  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

The  widow  woman,  to  whom  Elijah  came,  limited 
her  request  by  the  number  and  size  of  the  vessels  she 
placed  to  be  filled  with  oil.  Elijah  prayed,  the  oil 
ran  until  all  the  vessels  were  filled,  then  the  oil  ceased 
to  run. 

The  operation  of  the  Law  had  not  ceased,  neither 
the  Power  to  cause  the  oil  to  flow;  but  the  Occult 
spring  was  touched  by  the  widow  woman.  Now,  if 
that  was  sufficient  oil,  she  acted  in  wisdom;  but  if 
not,  she  showed  lack  of  Faith. 

There  is  a  deep  secret  in  prayer,  and  the  Godly  man 
finds  the  Key.  Jesus  Christ  used  the  key,  unlocked 
the  door,  and  stood  At-one-ment  with  the  Father- 
Mother-God  ;  and  when  the  call  came  from  the  hungry 
multitudes  that  had  been  listening  so  long  to  the  mes- 
sage of  Truth,  and  had  neglected  the  physical  man 
and  were  hungry ;  Jesus,  taking  the  loaves  and  fishes 
in  His  hands,  prayed  to  the  Father;  He  touched  the 
Source  from  which  a  thing  comes;  He  blessed  them; 
then  breaketh  them,  and  gave  them  to  the  Disciples  to 
distribute  to  the  hungry  people. 

What  else  do  we  read  in  connection  with  this  ?  Every 
one  received  sufficient ;  and  twelve  baskets  full  of  the 
fragments  were  gathered.  There  are  two  points  worth 
notice  to  the  man  who  is  nearing  the  Light  at  the 
edge  of  the  Forest.  Jesus  wisely  prayed;  there  was 
sufficient  for  all.  And  the  fragments  were  gathered ; 
showing  the  Law  and  Order  in  operation,  also  that 
nothing  is  to  be  wasted.  Thus  we  see  the  expression 
of  good  stewards;  all  devotees  upon  the  Path  are 
called  to  be  good  stewards.  These  take  notice  of  the 
little  things,  as  well  as  the  great.  We  here  again  re- 
member the  Nazarene  said,  "not  even  a  sparrow  fall- 
eth,  but  the  Father  knoweth."  If  the  Father,  the  In- 
finite, takes  note  of  the  sparrow,  shall  not  man  pa- 
tiently, lovingly,  serenely  and  courageously  move 
along,  and  through  Love  and  Understanding  nestle 


Is  PRAYER  ESSENTIAL?  67 

close  to  the  Bosom  of  God,  even  as  King  David  did 
when  he  sang  his  Psalm. 

If  Jesus,  the  Elder  Brother,  the  Conscious  Son  of 
God,  talks  to  the  Father-Mother-God,  we  can  surely 
see  it  is  important  we  do  so.  We  remember  what  He 
said  about  the  prayer  of  the  Pharisees.  Also,  the 
recognition  He  gave  to  the  prayer  of  the  Publican. 

A  student-devotee  should  pray  much ;  and  endeavor 
to  gain  understanding  as  to  how  to  pray.  And  he 
should  become  so  Illumined  that  he  is  willing  that 
God  answers  prayer,  in  any  way  He  desires. 

God  has  ever  used  His  angels  in  answering  the 
prayers  of  the  men  of  earth  when  He  deems  best. 
These  are  those  who  have  been  so  long  around  the 
Throne  of  God,  they  know  no  will  but  the  Will  of  the 
Father.  This  is  the  White  Brotherhood,  which  is  ever 
assisting  mankind  under  the  direct  guidance  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

God  is  the  Infinite  Mystery:  He  can  manifest  in 
the  heart  of  a  tree,  in  a  fuller  expression  of  life,  in 
answer  to  the  spoken  prayer  of  a  Son  of  the  Solitude, 
— in  His  Great  Mystery:  or  He  can  respond  through 
sending  a  Master  in  the  Great  Brotherhood  to  assist, 
if  He  so  decrees. 

Who  is  man  that  he  should  decree  to  God,  that  He 
must  answer  his  prayer  in  just  the  way  he  desires?  O 
man,  thou  art  only  a  drop  in  the  Infinite  Ocean;  and 
while  thou  art  calling  to  remembrance  thy  greatness 
by  being  one  drop  of  the  Divine  Source,  forget  not, 
that  a  drop  has  a  small  place  to  fill  and  call  upon  the 
Infinite  for  guidance  and  assistance,  that  you  may 
fill  the  place  perfectly;  that  is, — in  Wisdom,  Humil- 
ity, Love  and  Gentleness;  and  at  the  same  time  in 
such  strength,  that  Mastership  may  become  evident 
within  thee. 

Love  for  God,  and  your  fellow  man;  these  are  the 
expressions  of  a  master;  a  Master  ever  remembers  to 


68  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

pray.  He  loves  the  quiet  hours  of  sweet  communion 
with  the  Omnipresent  God.  He  loves  the  Infinite 
Lullaby,  as  the  Divine  Mother  softly  chants  it  to  the 
children  of  men.  He  eats  of  the  Bread  of  Heaven, 
and  drinks  of  the  Water  of  Life. 

Prayer  is  essential,  ere  man  passes  out  from  the  Il- 
lusive Forest  into  the  full  Light  of  God,  and  perceives 
he  is  a  Son  of  the  Living  God  in  expression :  yet,  that 
he  is  God  expressed;  and  becomes  God-conscious. 

Let  your  prayers  be  unselfish,  sweet  and  sublime: 
nestle  close  down  in  the  Infinite  Heart,  then  whisper 
soft  and  low  thy  request ;  and  the  promise  is,  God  will 
answer  your  prayer. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

LIGHT,  THE  SOURCE. 

TTHE  Son  of  God,  Christ,  was  begotten  in  Light: 
yes,  He  is  Light;  as  God  is  Light  and  expresses 
in  Light,  there  is  naught  there  but  Light. 

We  read  in  the  Hebrew  Scriptures  darkness  was 
over  the  face  of  the  deep,  and  God  moved  upon  the 
face  of  the  Deep.  How  can  there  be  darkness  in 
Light  1  This  darkness  exists  in  the  minds  of  the  men 
of  earth.  Light  is  God,  and  God  is  omnipresent. 
Where  can  darkness  be? 

The  Light  of  God  being  omnipresent  it  shines  in 
the  Forest  of  Illusions, — Maya;  but  man  being  con- 
fused while  living  there  perceives  it  not;  confusion 
causes  a  mist  to  form  before  the  eyes.  Man  cannot 
see  clearly  in  mist;  and  if  he  wanders  into  deep  mist, 
darkness  expresses  in  him,  and  he  does  not  perceive 
the  Light. 

Every  man,  as  he  lives  and  moves  onward  through 
the  great  Illusion, — Maya;  sees  according  to  the  dens- 
ity of  the  mist  which  enfolds  him:  even  as  men  with 
different  colored  glasses,  see  according  to  the  color 
of  the  glass  which  he  sees  through ;  if  blue,  all  things 
appear  blue  to  him,  and  if  he  is  not  enlightened  he  be- 
lieves the  whole  world  is  blue.  If  he  talks  to  another 
man  who  has  red  glasses  and  tells  him  all  things 
are  red,  and  this  man  is  not  awake  to  the  fact  it  is 
only  the  glasses  he  is  looking  through  that  conveys  to 
him  this  color;  and  each  believing  in  the  limited  view 
of  their  own  vision,  they  at  once  clash.  However,  the 
world  remaineth  the  same,  and  is  not  disturbed  over 

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70  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

the  clash  of  one  or  many  of  the  children  of  earth. 
They  being  in  the  mist  see  things  as,  ''through  a 
glass  darkly. " 

A  blind  man  may  live  in  the  sunlight,  he  may  feel 
its  warmth  and  be  benefitted  by  its  health-giving  rays. 
But  he  sees  only  darkness.  The  blind  man,  losing  the 
objective  consciousness  of  sight,  is  plunged  into  dark- 
ness. But,  if  Atman  expresses  strong  enough  within 
him,  he  will  become  able  to  see  with  the  inner  eye, 
the  eye  of  the  Real  Self ;  hear  with  the  inner  ear,  and 
through  Atman  within  his  heart's  center,  touch  the 
Essence  Divine,  which  is  Light.  This  within  his 
heart  being  the  God  Light,  has  never  grown  dim. 
Thus  we  find  many  men  who  are  blind,  enjoying  a 
depth  of  Divine  Assurance  which  the  man  who  sees 
with  the  outer  eye  only,  may  not  have  tasted.  It 
matters  not  how  dark  the  Forest  in  which  man  is,  it 
remaineth  true,  Light  is  Omnipresent. 

When  man  is  in  a  dark  forest,  and  knoweth  not 
the  way  out,  he  may  become  weary  of  searching  far 
and  near,  and  calling  aloud ;  but  if  he  should  pray  for 
guidance,  and  feel  the  silent  presence  of  Love  flutter 
near  him,  and  a  hand,  (the  hand  of  God)  touch  him, 
then  listen  in  the  Silent  Chamber  of  his  Soul,  he  will 
be  informed  the,  "Light  is  within  thee!"  Thou  art, 
"the  Light  that  lighteth  every  man  that  cometh  into 
the  world;"  this  is  the  message  of  the  Infinite  to  all 
Sons  of  God. 

Then  be  ye  still  in  the  secret  silent  chamber  of  your 
own  soul,  and  behold  the  light  will  spring  forth ;  and 
it  will  light  thy  path,  until  thou  hath  reached  the 
edge  of  the  Forest  where  it  is  merged  into  the  Light 
which  is  the  Source;  and  in  which  no  darkness  can 
enter,  or  abide. 

Then  thou  canst  see,  0,  Soul  Divine,  thou  dost  be- 
come the  Essence  of  the  Source,  as  you  leave  the  For- 
est of  Illusion  behind, — which  is  Carnality; — the 


LIGHT,  THE  SOURCE  71 

Wheel  of  Birth  and  Death.  Thou  here,  art  the  Flame 
which  thou  didst  discover  in  thy  heart  away  back  in 
the  Forest.  By  your  pressing  on  toward  the  ''High 
Calling  of  Jesus  Christ,"  the  Flame  in  thy  heart  has 
been  in  constant  action,  fed  by  the  Infinite  Fire,  and 
as  you  moved  along  the  Path  toward  the  place  where 
the  Forest  merges  into  the  Infinite  Fire,  (the  Light 
Supernal),  it  has  been  consuming  every  thing  around 
it  which  is  unlike  itself. 

Let  the  wise  virgin  stand  with  the  lamp  trimmed 
and  burning;  he  then  is  ready  to  receive  his  call  for 
action;  it  matters  not  to  him  if  it  comes  at  the  mid- 
night hour,  at  dawn,  at  the  rising  of  the  sun,  at  high 
noon,  or  the  quiet  evening  time  as  the  sun  sinks  be- 
hind the  western  horizon,  he  is  ready.  He  can  step  at 
the  sound  of  the  bell  into  the  Light  Absolute.  This 
is  the  Source  from  which  Atman,  the  Divine  Self, 
of  every  man,  came,  and  the  destiny  to  which  all  will 
return.  It  is  man's  prerogative,  if  he  chooses  to  wan- 
der in  the  Great  Forest  for  ages,  or  Kalpas,  or  if  he 
becomes  in  earnest,  and  goes  direct  to  the  Light. 

The  destiny  of  Atman,  the  Divine  Self,  of  every  one 
upon  the  earth  in  this  or  any  age  is  fixed,  it  is  sure 
and  steadfast;  it  is  the  Source  from  which  he  came, 
the  Ocean  Essence  Divine,  the  Father-Mother-God. 
Paradise  his  home ! 

But  man  in  his  carnal  concept  of  himself  shapes 
his  own  destiny  in  this;  by  his  thoughts,  words,  and 
deeds,  he  sets  the  law  of  Cause  and  Effect  into  opera- 
tion ;  and  the  Master  Jesus  said,  * '  man  does  not  then 
escape  until  he  has  paid  even  unto  the  very  last  farth- 
ing." This  is  called  Karma  by  the  Ancients. 

As  long  as  man  is  asleep  in  the  carnal  dream,  and 
living  in  the  Forest  of  Illusions,  in  his  ignorance  he 
causes,  sometimes,  a  strong  chain  of  karma  to  be 
forged,  not  knowing  he  must  return  and  break  every 
link  of  the  chain,  ere  he  has  finished  his  problem ;  and 


72  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

we  find  the  family  of  men  in  all  states  and  stages  of 
unhappiness,  unrest,  limitation,  and  so  forth.  When 
Gautama,  the  Hindu  Bard,  looked  out  upon  the  Rela- 
tive Life  of  his  fellow  man,  he  was  stirred,;  and  he 
desired  to  ascertain  the  cause  of  the  suffering  he  saw 
around  him.  To  do  so,  he  renounced  all,  and  became 
a  Holy  Beggar ;  that  he  might  come  close  to  the  Omni- 
present One,  and  thereby  glean  the  Light.  After  sev- 
en years  of  thus  living,  and  sweetly  desiring  to  find 
the  Light,  one  day  as  he  sat  under  the  "tree/*  the 
Light  came;  Gautama  became  Buddha,  the  Enlight- 
ened One.  Then  he  exclaimed,  "ignorance  is  the 
cause  of  this  misery."  As  long  as  man  is  lost  in  the 
mist  he  lives  in  that  state  which  Gautama  called  ignor- 
ance, and  continues  to  cause  link  after  link  to  become 
attached  to  his  chain.  Man  may  be  very  intellectual 
in  the  world's  way  of  doing  and  standing;  and  at  the 
same  time  be  in  ignorance  concerning  the  vital  things 
of  the  Soul. 

About  Five  Hundred  Years  after  Gautama  became 
Buddha,  Jesus  Christ  announced  to  His  brothers,  the 
men  of  earth,  "ye  shall  know  the  Truth,  and  the 
Truth  shall  make  you  free."  Thus  we  see  the  Hindu 
Bard  discovered  the  cause  of  man's  misery;  and  Jesus, 
the  Nazarene  Master,  gave  the  instructions  by  which, 
if  carried  out  to  the  final,  man  will  find  himself  free ; 
not  only  free  in  the  Forest,  and  this  is  good;  but  a 
Free  Soul,  at  home  in  the  Source ;  having  left  the  For- 
est entirely  behind.  This  is  better :  yes,  it  is  best. 

This  Soul,  then,  as  he  steps  from  the  edge  of  the 
Forest  into  the  Source,  the  Light,  passes  into  Nir- 
vana; and  this  is  Nirvana  as  Buddha  described;  he 
here  still  having  the  power  of  choice,  can  choose  to 
merge  into  the  Ocean  Essence,  and  rest  throughout 
the  Kalpas;  or  become  an  active  Brother,  and  work 
with  the  Brothers  of  Love  and  Compassion,  to  assist 
mankind  who  are  still  lost  in  the  Forest  of  Illusion, 
to  find  the  Light,  become  the  Light;  and  step  forth 


LIGHT,  THE  SOURCE  73 

into  the  Source.  This  Soul  has  passed  beyond  the 
heavens,  into  the  seventh  stage,  where  there  are  no 
longer  any  karmic  debts  for  him  to  pay,  therefore, 
no  more  births  except  he  so  desires,  that  he  may  come 
to  earth  again  and  work  direct  on  this  plane.  Beware, 
brothers,  when  you  entertain  strangers,  ''You  may  be 
entertaining  angels  unawares." 

When  man  arrives  near  enough  to  the  edge  of  the 
Forest,  that  his  brothers,  the  Illumined  Gurus,  can 
talk  these  deep  mystical  truths  to  him,  he  will  pro- 
gress rapidly,  if  he  so  desires  and  is  willing  to  pay  the 
price.  Renunciation  is  the  price. 

It  is  important  that  man  becomes  willing  to  be 
taught,  when  he  approaches  an  Illumined  Guru,  or 
Teacher ;  as  they  have  no  time  to  give  to  the  whims  of 
the  personal  ego.  God  hath  too  much  for  His  pre- 
pared instruments  to  do,  for  that  waste  of  time. 

Every  man,  when  he  touches  the  Light  findeth  his 
place;  and  the  one  who  is  here  in  his  last  birth,  and 
is  Illumined,  and  realizes  it,  hath  much,  yes,  much 
to  do. 

It  is  he,  who,  if  he  retains,  and  lives  unto  the  full- 
ness of  this  Light,  that  understandingly  touches  every 
Soul,  which  it  is  his  to  touch,  as  he  finishes  his  earth 's 
pilgrimage.  It  is  not  with  him  as  with  the  man  who 
will  return  to  earth  again,  being  bound  by  the  Karmic 
Chain,  and  continue  in  his  problem,  after  a  rest  in 
other  realms.  But  he  is  free !  A  Free  Soul  in  Free- 
dom !  His  Karmic  debts  are  all  paid,  and  the  receipts 
are  consigned  to  the  flames,  and  the  wind  has  blown 
the  ashes  away.  It  is  finished  for  him ;  he  has  solved 
his  life's  problem;  and  stands  in  the  Source,  a  Flame 
of  the  Infinite  Fire,  (the  Light).  That  Light,  which 
is  the  Father-Mother-God;  and  he,  the  son,  when  he 
arrives  at  the  Source  becomes  the  Trinity,  Father- 
Mother-Son:  (the  Individual  Triangle). 

The  triangle  is  the  symbol  of  the  Heart  Teaching; 


74  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

and  this  little  band  of  Chelas  who  have  been  called 
together  from  the  four  directions  of  space,  as  it  were, 
then  taught  this  deep  Truth,  the  Absolute,  and  tested 
until  they  have  proven  their  trustworthiness,  and  now 
chosen,  and  are  high  initiates,  and  are  co-operating 
with  the  Masters  in  the  Order  of  Ancient  Monks ;  or, 
The  White  Brotherhood;  these  are  brothers  in  Love 
and  Compassion.  We  will  give  a  message  through  this 
chosen  instrument  which  will  vibrate  throughout  the 
earth. 

It  requires  a  Free  Soul  to  express  this  message 
through ;  this  we  have  in  this  chosen  instrument,  who 
has  scaled  the  height,  and  burst  the  Veil  of  Flesh; 
has  stood  on  the  "wall,"  where  she  made  her  choice 
as  to  which  state  of  Nirvana  she  desired  to  abide  in. 

In  speaking  of  Freedom,  and  a  Free  Soul;  we  are 
not  referring  to  the  Carnal  Man ;  or  Carnality's  Laws: 
but  to  the  Soul  of  Man,  which  is  the  Divine  Man  whom 
God  caused  to  become  individualized:  and  the  Free- 
dom Divine  is  that  of  the  next  Dimension. 

However,  as  man  gains  this  Illumination,  he  be- 
comes a  Spiritually  Illumined  man;  the  Christ  being 
born  in  him,  he  lives  in  peace  and  harmony  in  the 
world ;  and  these  according  to  the  Occult  Law  will  ex- 
press in  his  outer  surroundings ;  health  will  become  a 
result  of  this  Illumination;  and  he  will  not  lack  any 
good  thing  if  he  lives  as  unto  his  Illumination. 

In  the  Light,  which  is  God,  the  Source  from  which 
all  men  came,  and  to  which  all  return,  we  find  Love, 
Warmth,  Peace,  Life,  Purity  and  Power.  When  man 
becomes  Illumined  concerning  the  Truth  Absolute, 
which  is  the  Reality  about  God,  man,  and  the  uni- 
verse, he  no  longer  rushes  hither  and  thither;  but 
quietly  and  serenely  abides  at  home;  and  remembers 
the  Center  of  his  Home,  is  in  his  heart.  And  if  he 
lacketh  any  good  thing,  he  asketh  of  God,  * '  who  giveth 
freely." 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

DOES  THE  STUDY  OF  THE  ABSOLUTE  TRUTH 

ASSIST  MAN  TO  SOLVE  THE  PROBLEMS 

IN  His  RELATIVE  LIFE  ? 

DEAR  this  in  mind,  friends,  when  man  begins  the 
^  study  of  Truth,  he  is  the  carnal  man  in  conscious- 
ness and  living  in  the  carnal  world,  and  under  the 
laws  of  the  carnal  world;  this  he  knows;  but  a  stir 
within  his  heart,  which  is  the  urge  of  the  Soul,  causes 
him  to  begin  to  search  for  a  deeper  foundation  than 
the  carnal  man  has;  a  foundation  which  is  steadfast 
and  sure. 

The  carnal  man  does  not  at  first  know  that  the  foun- 
dation which  is  sure  and  steadfast,  is  Truth  Absolute, 
our  Father-Mother-God.  But,  if  he  is  sincerely  in 
earnest  he  will  find  this  to  be  true. 

And  so  powerful  is  this  Omnipresent  God,  that 
many,  many  of  the  children  of  earth,  having  felt  the 
touch  of  His  Grace  and  Love,  have  accepted  this  by 
faith  and  walked  upon  the  earth  daily  drinking  by 
bread,  which  satisfies  the  Soul. 

There  truly  is  a  vital  reality  in  this  invisible,  yet 
Omnipresent  God,  that  man  by  faith  reach  out  and 
touch  Him,  and  they  are  healed  of  their  infirmities, 
if  this  is  their  desire. 

In  the  study  of  the  Truth  Absolute,  man  while  re- 
taining the  gift  of  Faith,  which  had  been  bestowed  up- 
on him  when  he  began  to  reach  out  for  something  more 
substantial  than  he  had  found  in  the  carnal  world, 
but  as  he  moves  forward  upon  the  Sacred  Path,  faith, 

75 


76  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

becomes  knowing,  and  knowing  will  become  Realiza- 
tion; if  he  passes  forward  toward  the  Light. 

It  is  in  the  state  of  Realization,  or  when  man  de- 
sires to  realize  the  Real  as  it  is,  that  man  begins  to 
study  Truth  Absolute.  He  must  know  the  reality  of 
the  Absolute,  that  he  may  realize  it,  and  thereby  be- 
come Illumined  and  perceive  he  is  just  as  God  formed 
hini  in  the  dim  long  ago. 

By  man  studying  the  teachings  which  we  term  les- 
sons upon  the  Knowledge  Path,  which  will  enlighten 
him,  he  will  gain  an  intellectual  conception  of  Truth 
Absolute,  which  is  the  source  from  which  he  came, 
and  to  which  he  will  return. 

Note,  Chelas  upon  the  Path,  "You"  in  the  Real, 
the  Absoluteness  of  it  all,  have  never  been  away  from 
the  Source ;  for  it  is  God,  and  Omnipresent.  But  you 
have  become  confused  in  the  Forest  of  the  carnal 
man,  which  is  Maya, —  (the  Great  Illusion). 

To  return  to  a  clear  concept  of  his  Real  Self  as 
God  created  him,  and  realize  that  the  very  God  is 
here,  there  and  everywhere,  which  is  Omnipresent; 
man  requires  assistance,  and  if  he  sincerely  and  un- 
derstandingly  prays  to  the  Source, — the  Father-Moth- 
er-God, (Aum,  Kali)  ;  he  will  receive  guidance  and 
assistance  from  God. 

When  man  not  only  believes,  but  becomes  fully  con- 
scious there  is  only  one  God.,  and  He  Omnipresent, 
this  being  the  foundation  of  the  teaching  of  Truth 
Absolute,  it  is  plain  to  be  seen  man,  standing  upon 
that  Eternal  Rock, — Truth,  and  understanding  his 
nearness  to  the  Father,  can  talk  to  God ;  and  the  stud- 
ent of  the  Truth  Absolute,  knoweth  the  Father  hear- 
eth:  because  there  is  no  distance  between  him  and 
his  God,  he  then  not  only  touches  the  hem  of  the 
Christly  Robe,  but  moves  closer  to  God:  as  he  stud- 
ies more  deeply  into  the  Truth,  he  will  become  con- 
scious of  the  meaning  of  Jesus  saying,  when  He  said, 


ABSOLUTE  TRUTH  AND  MAN'S  RELATIVE  LIFE    77 

"ye  shall  know  the  Truth,  an£  the  Truth  shall  make 
you  free."  And,  "The  Father  knoweth  what  ye  have 
need  of  before  ye  ask  Him. ' ' 

Jesus  Christ  is  our  Elder  Brother,  and  He  has  giv- 
en the  Truth  Absolute  in  His  message  to  the  children 
of  earth,  and  His  example  is  before  us. 

St.  James  said,  * '  your  prayers  are  not  answered  be- 
cause you  ask  amiss."  There  are  two  kinds  of  pray- 
ers which  reach  the  Throne  of  God,  or,  touch  the 
Heart  of  the  Infinite. 

One  is  the  prayer  of  Faith  and  sincerity,  which  the 
Saint  offers  up  to  the  Throne  of  God. 

The  other  is  the  one  where  man  has  studied  the 
Truth  Absolute,  which  is  the  Essence  that  is  behind 
Jesus*  message;  and  come  into  rapport  with  the  In- 
finite, and  understandingly  touches  the  key  of  the 
Infinite  Heart,  which  responds  in  expression  of  that 
which  man  desires,  and  expresses  in  his  prayers. 

If  a  man  is  Illumined  in  Truth  Absolute,  selfish- 
ness has  departed  from  him;  therefore,  his  prayers 
are  not  tainted  with  selfishness.  This  being  the 
strongest  hold  the  Adversary  hath  upon  man,  when  it 
is  renoujiced  he  has  moved  quite  far  upon  the  Path; 
and  is  each  day  drawing  closer  to  God. 

When  man  reaches  Illumination,  through  the  study 
of  the  Truth  Absolute,  he  sees  with  the  inner  eye, 
the  Real  as  it  is;  this  is  a  great  assistance  to  him,  as 
he  meets  and  solves  his  problem  in  the  relative  life. 

If  man  is  Illumined  as  to  the  Omnipresence  of  God, 
His  Love,  and  Omnipresent  power,  he  freely,  under- 
standingly and  unselfishly  voices  his  prayer  to  this 
Omnipresent  One. 

He  cannot  doubt  concerning  God  hearing  him,  be- 
cause God  is  Omnipresent.  He  cannot  doubt,  because 
he  realizes  God  is  Love.  He  cannot  doubt,  because 
God  is  Omnipotent. 

Man  studying   Truth   Absolute,   stands  upon   the 


78  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

Eternal  Rock,  (the  unchangeable  God;)  but  he  having 
learned  God  is  both  personal  and  impersonal,  seeth 
not  only  God  personal,  but  God  Omnipresent;  which 
is  God,  and  God  manifest  everywhere. 

An  Ancient  Sage  hath  said,  "The  center  of  God  is 
here,  circumference  nowhere."  When  man  through 
the  study  of  the  Absolute  Truth  reaches  Illumina- 
tion, he  perceives,  he  realizes,  and  sometimes  visions 
that  the  Infinite  Universe,  and  the  universes  therein, 
and  all  forms  in  the  Real  as  it  is,  is  God,  and  God 
expressed. 

He  sees  man  "The  crowning  glory  of  God,"  to, 
"Whom  God  gave  dominion."  He  understanding 
clearly  the  man  to  whom  God  gave  dominion,  is  At- 
man,  the  Real  Self,  and  with  the  eye  of  Illumination, 
he  sees  the  perfect  Universe,  which  is  the  home  of 
Atman, — the  Real  Self. 

From  this  standing  place  upon  the  Eternal  Rock,— 
Truth, — he  can  courageously  meet  any  and  every  ex- 
perience he  encounters  upon  the  highway  through  the 
relative  life. 

He  Realizing  Life  is  Eternal,  death  hath  no  hor- 
ror to  him,  and  he,  in  the  Grace  of  God,  and  with  as- 
sistance from  above,  brushes  the  dark  cloud  of  ap- 
proaching death  aside;  or  bravely,  "Agrees  with  the 
Adversary,  while  he  is  in  the  way  with  him." 

In  the  Illumined  state,  man  can,  and  does,  pass 
through  the  portal  of  death  and  retain  consciousness, 
and  walk  in  the  green  fields  without  delay.  This 
truly  is  a  great  blessing. 

Man  understanding  that  Life  is  Eternal,  sees  death 
as  an  experience,  that  is  all ;  he  moves  on,  and  is  not 
benefitted,  or  disturbed  by  it.  He  has  gained  the 
Light  of  the  Truth  Absolute,  which  is,  Life  is  God; 
therefore  Eternal.  Man  understanding  this  comes 
into  the  Light,  that  he,  the  Real  Self,  is  Immortal. 

One  state  of  understanding  when  near  the  portal  of 


ABSOLUTE  TRUTH  AND  MAN'S  RELATIVE  LIFE    79 

death,  biddeth  earth  and  its  inhabitants  a  sweet  good 
night:  as  he  will  return  the  next  day,  (Another 
Birth). 

The  Soul  which  has  the  full  Light  of  Truth  Ab- 
solute unto  Freedom  Divine,  if  he  approaches  the 
portal  of  death,  being  a  Free  Soul,  triumphantly 
swings  past  the  portals ;  they  mean  nothing  to  him,  he, 
the  Immortal,  hath  cast  aside  the  outer  robe, — that 
is  all;  but  he  sees  himself  clothed  upon  with  a  form 
which  is  resplendent,  it  vibrating  with  the  vibra- 
tions of  the  Fourth  Dimension,  the  home  of  the  Free 
Soul,  Freedom  Divine. 

There  are  no  tomorrows  for  him,  he  has  left  the 
shores  of  time  behind;  he  lingers  not  to  watch  the 
setting  sun,  or  enjoy  the  brilliant  after-glow.  He 
has  crossed  the  border-line  of  time,  which  lieth  be- 
tween time  and  Eternity.  And  now  abides  in  Etern- 
ity. 0,  the  Bliss  of  that  Eternal  Clime,  where  shad- 
ows are  not  found.  It  is  Eternally  Sublime;  Etern- 
ally sure  and  Steadfast. 

Death  hath  no  part  in  placing  the  Soul  in  this 
place,  it  is  brought  about  through  Illumination. 

Thus  it  is  plain  to  be  seen,  the  study  of  Truth  Ab- 
solute assists  man  to  solve  his  problems  in  the  relative 
life. 

When  man  has  gained  Illumination  concerning  the 
Absolute  as  it  is,  he  has  perceived  the  bounty  of  God 
is  Omnipresent ;  in  this  state  of  conscious  understand- 
ing, he  can  talk  to  the  Father  concerning  those  things 
which  he  may  need;  his  faith  should  not  waver,  be- 
cause he  perceives  the  bounty  of  the  Universe  is  Om- 
nipresent. 

Jesus  Christ,  the  Great  Initiate,  understanding  the 
Absoluteness  of  the  Father-Mother-God,  and  the  Om- 
nipresence, and  knowing  the  occult,  or  hidden  Law, 
when  He  desired  to  feed  the  hungry  multitudes,  talk- 


80  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

ed  to  the  Father;  by  so  doing,  the  Inner  Law  re- 
sponded, and  out  from  the  Essence  Divine  came  the 
loaves  and  fishes,  which  fed  the  multitude.  His  foun- 
dation was,  and  is,  the  One  God;  and  the  study  of 
Truth  Absolute,  brings  man  to  the  Foundation, — 
God. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

THE  RELATIVE. 

I  F  man  were  not  embodied  in  the  physical  body,  and 
living  in  a  physical  world,  and  his  eyes  holden  so 
that  it  appears  to  him  as  the  Real,  and  he  so  psychol- 
ogized by  the  universal  mind  of  the  physical  man,  that 
he  believes  this  the  only  mind,  then  there  would  be  no 
occasion  for  the  Infinite  to  express  at  the  beginning  of 
each  age  in  a  deep  message  to  the  men  of  earth. 

If  a  man  goes  from  the  tropical  clime  to  the  north 
regions,  he  at  once  proceeds  to  place  the  clothing  up- 
on his  form  which  is  necessary  to  keep  him  warm  and 
comfortable.  As  long  as  he  remains  in  that  cold 
country  he  wears  that  kind  of  clothing. 

But  when  he  begins  to  think  of  returning  to  his 
home  in  the  southern  clime,  he  sets  about  to  make 
preparations,  one  of  his  first  thoughts,  or  consid- 
erations, is  his  clothing;  he  calling  to  remembrance 
the  conditions  of  the  home  land,  knoweth  right  well 
he  cannot  wear  the  same  clothes  there,  that  he  is  wear- 
ing in  the  far  north. 

In  this  north  land  man  is  surrounded  with  snow 
and  ice;  and  the  bleakness  of  the  north  region,  he 
kills  the  animals  and  uses  their  fur  to  keep  his  body 
warm. 

He  lives  in  comfort  in  his  home,  which  perhaps  is 
almost  buried  beneath  the  snow  and  ice;  he  during 
the  season  when  it  was  possible  having  gathered  fuel 
and  food  sufficient  for  his  comfort  and  sustenance. 

In  that  tropical  clime,  the  home  from  which  he  came, 
there  are  no  winter  blasts ;  the  soft  zephyrs  of  spring- 

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82  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

time  ever  caress  him.  There  is  no  bleakness ;  the  lux- 
uriant growth  of  trees,  shrubbery,  flowers  and  grass 
he  sees  everywhere. 

The  rivers,  lakes  and  babbling  brooks  are  never 
ice-bound,  therefore,  their  water  is  ever  pure  and 
beautiful. 

Man  gathers  the  fruits  and  vegetation  there  with- 
out strenuous  effort.  When  the  sun's  rays  are  too 
bright  for  his  appreciation,  he  serenely  sits  in  the 
shade  of  the  trees  and  enjoys  the  caress  of  the  zephyr 
breezes  as  they  fan  his  brow. 

If  he  is  alert  to  his  surroundings  in  full  appre- 
ciation, he  will  catch  the  rhythm  of  the  murmur  of 
the  brook  as  it  moves  over  the  pebbles,  or  moss  cov- 
ered rocks.  He  will  listen  in  love's  deep  key  to  the 
songs  of  the  many  birds  as  they  fill  the  wood-land  with 
the  vibrations  of  contentment,  joy  and  appreciation. 

Here  man  can  serenely  abide,  there  are  not  so  many 
urgent  demands  pressing  upon  him ;  it  is  here,  he,  in 
serenity  and  contentment  can  commune  with  his  Fath- 
er-Mother-God ;  and  in  raptures  grand,  soar  into  the 
realms  divine;  where  he  becomes  dis-robed  entirely 
and  forever  of  the  heavy  clothing  of  the  north. 

When  the  man  in  the  north  grows  weary  of  the 
cold,  the  bleakness  and  the  strenuousness  of  the  life 
as  lived  amidst  these  environments  he  begins  to  think 
of  home,  the  far  south,  where  the  grass  is  ever  green, 
and  the  cattle  and  flocks  are  continuously  grazing  in 
the  green  fields;  where  the  flowers  bloom,  and  the 
song  of  the  birds  can  be  heard  at  all  times ;  if  man  is 
alert  and  appreciates  his  environments,  it  is  truly  a 
picture  of  his  idea  of  heaven  painted  upon  earth. 
When  man  desires  to  start  home,  he  makes  prepara- 
tion. 

Some  men  require  much  time  in  preparation,  while 
others  go  more  direct  to  the  thing  at  issue:  and  ac- 
complish the  task  more  quickly. 


THE  RELATIVE  83 

When  man  starts  from  his  abiding  place  in  the 
north  regions,  he  is  clothed  upon  with  the  clothing 
of  that  clime ;  as  he  travels  south,  he  at  certain  points 
on  the  way  lays  aside  some  of  his  wearing  apparel; 
until,  when  he  reaches  his  destination,  he  is  clothed 
upon  with  the  raiment  that  is  worn  in  the  tropical 
clime. 

What  did  he  do  with  his  garments  which  he  wore 
when  he  started  upon  his  journey?  He  left  them  be- 
hind him.  He  did  not  leave  them  all  at  once ;  he  left 
those  which  he  perceived  he  no  longer  desired,  at  the 
different  stations  as  he  moved  along  upon  his  jour- 
ney. And  truly  when  he  has  reached  his  desired  des- 
tination he  no  longer  requires  the  furs  and  heavy 
clothes  he  had  worn  while  in  the  ice-bound  north. 

The  man  in  the  north  is  alive,  he  enjoys  life  to 
its  fullness;  he  vibrates  in  health  and  strength  as  he 
travels  over  the  snow,  and  breathes  the  clear  atmos- 
phere of  that  clime.  He  appreciates  his  trips  in  the 
sleds  which  are  drawn  by  his  faithful  dogs;  and  the 
sound  of  the  sleigh  bells  is  music  to  his  ear.  He  en- 
joys the  quiet  evening  by  the  fire  side. 

Man  adjusts  himself  to  his  surroundings  as  long  as 
he  vibrates  to  them.  When  he  feels  a  change  in  his 
vibrations  and  begins  to  feel  an  unrest  within 
him,  man  calls  this  discontent.  We  find  many  men 
in  the  physical  life  and  world  who  do  not  have  the 
change  of  vibration  take  place  within  them,  and  they 
live  their  life  from  childhood  to  old  age  in  one  en- 
vironment ;  perhaps  never  traveling  many  miles  from 
home.  We  find  some  men  where  their  vibrations 
change  in  their  youth,  and  they  no  longer  vibrating  to 
the  vibrations  of  their  environment,  even  though  they 
may  be  good,  they  feeling  this  change,  desire  to  travel. 
One  of  these  may  come  to  a  place  where  his  vibra- 
tions harmonize  with  the  vibrations  of  that  place, 
be  it  a  village,  city,  country  or  state;  and  he  may 


84  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

settle  and  live  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Or 
he  may  stay  in  one  place  a  while,  then  another. 
The  physical  man  is  born  with  the  inheritance  of  the 
physical  man  attached  to  him.  He  may  inherit  a  rov- 
ing disposition,  or  a  settled  and  contented  one ;  how- 
ever, there  is  also  something  back  of  this  which  in- 
fluences man  and  of  which  the  physical  man  knows 
nothing,  as  long  as  he  contentedly  lives  in  the  physi- 
cal man's  conception  of  himself  and  the  world.  This 
of  which  he  knows  not,  while  he  is  wearing  the  heavy 
clothing  of  the  north  region,  but  is  shaping  his  desti- 
nation, is  in  operation,  even  though  he  knows  it  not. 
Amidst  the  different  cares  of  man,  as  he  has  awak- 
ened from  the  hypnotism  of  the  physical  man,  and 
began  to  search  out  God,  and  learn  of  Him;  very 
many  superstitions  have  come  into  expression.  One 
is  that  God,  our  Father-Mother,  is  a  God  of  Wrath, 
and  visiteth  the  children  of  men  and  pours  out  His 
wrath  upon  them;  and  men  find  themselves  in  wars, 
and  pestilence,  famine  and  distress  in  all  manner  of 
forms.  In  this  state  of  superstition  man  places  the 
responsibility  of  man's  unhappiness  upon  God.  This 
conception  of  a  God  of  Wrath  is  born  in  superstition ; 
it  belongs  in  the  physical  man's  brain,  it  originated 
there.  It  remains  in  the  mist  of  earth;  it  can  never 
stand  the  miscroscopic  glance  of  Truth  Absolute; 
which  is  the  Light  of  God.  As  long  as  man  vibrates 
with  that  vibration,  he  is  satisfied  with  that  version 
of  God,  as  given  to  him  by  his  parents,  handed  down 
from  father  to  son.  When  his  vibrations  begin  to 
not  vibrate  evenly  with  that  conception  of  God,  an 
unrest  stirs  within  him,  then  he,  no  doubt,  will  begin 
to  make  preparations  to  move  to  a  different  clime. 
The  first  station  upon  his  way  that  he  vibrates  with, 
there  he  will  remain  as  long  as  he  vibrates  with  the  vi- 
brations of  that  village,  city  or  country.  And  when  he 
leaves,  he  will  leave  the  garments  which  he  no  longer 


THE  KELATIVE  85 

requires ;  and  the  belief  that  God  is  a  God  of  Wrath, 
is  among  the  first  garments  he  leaves,  as  he  starts  to- 
ward the  sunny  south. 

When  man  learns  that  God  is  Love,  a  "God  of 
Love";  a  picture  of  a  tropical  clime  will  present  it- 
self to  his  mind;  where  the  zephyrs  are  soft  and  ca- 
ressing, the  flowers  bloom  continually,  the  grass  is  ever 
green  and  the  birds  chant  forth  their  joyous  glee. 

When  man  hears  his  fellow  man  talking  of  a  God 
of  Wrath,  the  bleak  winds  of  the  north  chill  him,  and 
the  picture  which  he  sees  is  the  bleakness  of  the  snow- 
covered  north. 

If  there  is  no  God  of  Wrath  to  visit  unpleasantness 
and  hard  experience  upon  man,  while  He  permits 
some  of  His  children  to  enjoy  the  Opulence  of  the 
Universe,  what  causes  it?  What  brings  it  about? 

Man,  in  the  physical  world,  living  the  relative  life, 
is  the  ruler  of  his  thoughts,  words  and  deeds.  There 
are  laws  within  law ;  however,  these  are  all  within  the 
One  Law,  and  will  in  time  merge  into  the  One  Law 
for  each  man  as  he  travels  from  the  north-land,  to 
the  tropical  clime.  The  physical  man,  as  long  as  he 
knoweth  only  the  laws  pertaining  to  the  outer  life 
and  lives  contentedly  the  physical  life,  enjoys  to  the 
fullness  the  pleasant,  and  pleasing  experiences ;  he  al- 
so goes  to  the  depth  when  disagreeable  experiences 
present  themselves  to  him. 

It  is  beautiful  (although  sad)  as  we,  with  the  eye 
of  spiritual  sight,  see  the  courage  and  strength  which 
our  brothers  express  while  living  the  physical  life: 
they  truly  being  the  Sons  of  God,  yet  not  knowing  it, 
live  as  unto  the  physical  man,  who  believes  what  he 
sees,  hears  and  feels.  And  if  it  were  not  for  faith  in 
the  heart  of  man  it  would  be  sadder  still.  But  out 
from  the  midst  of  any  experience,  we  see  man  arise. 
He  may,  like  the  giant  oak,  have  bent  low  in  the 
midst  of  the  raging  storm;  but  when  the  storm  has 


86  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

passed,  and  the  sun  shines,  and  he  feels  the  strength 
and  warmth  of  its  bright  rays,  he  takes  courage ;  and 
like  unto  the  oak  tree,  he  stands  erect  again.  The 
storms  leave  their  traces  upon  the  oak  tree.  But  it 
stands,  a  splendid  reminder  to  man,  to  retain  his 
courage,  even  when  the  storms  rage,  and  keep  anchor- 
age even  as  the  oak  tree  keeps  its  roots  deep  in  the 
ground. 

It  is  in  the  midst  of  the  storm  man  requires  cour- 
age, strength,  faith  and  anchorage.  It  takes  a  strong 
man  to  so  do;  weaklings  drag  anchor  in  the  severe 
storm;  and  seek  shelter  in  different  ports.  But  the 
oak  tree,  the  giant  oak,  stands  on  the  hill  top,  faces 
the  storm  and  keeps  anchorage. 

If  there  is  no  ruling  sovereign  that  conducts  the 
affairs  of  man  in  wrath,  why  does  man  have  such  va- 
ried experiences,  some  pleasant,  some  unpleasant? 

By  man's  thoughts,  words,  deeds  and  desires,  he 
sets  one  of  these  laws  in  operation.  As  we  have  said 
before,  there  are  laws  within  law,  which  although  it 
is  beyond  the  comprehension  of  the  physical  man, 
works  in  unceasing  and  untiring  accuracy  and  a  cor- 
rect record  is  kept  of  every  thought,  word,  deed  and 
desire  of  man.  These  being  a  cause  set  in  action,  a 
result  is  sure  to  follow,  and,  as  man  in  his  free-will 
sets  the  cause  in  operation,  the  accuracy  of  this  law 
will  reap  every  effect. 

This  is  what  Jesus  Christ  of  Nazareth  referred  to, 
when  He  .said,  ' '  as  you  sow,  so  shall  you  reap. ' '  He 
gave  a  comparison  that  the  physical  man  could  under- 
stand ;  He  said,  ' '  If  man  sows  wheat,  he  reaps  wheat ; 
if  tares,  he  reaps  tares."  Jesus  also  said,  "man  does 
not  thence  escape,  until  he  has  paid  even  to  the  last 
farthing."  The  esoteric  of  this  which  Jesus  gave  to 
the  physical  man,  who  is  living  in  the  physical  world 
consciousness  only,  is  this  inner  law,  and  from  which 
man  does  not  escape  until  he  has  struck  the  balance, 


THE  RELATIVE  87 

and  paid  all  debts.  This  law  is  called  Karma  by  the 
Ancients. 

This  concept  of  the  relative  life  certainly  will  help 
man  to  become  more  tolerant  toward  his  fellow  man, 
and  give  him  courage  and  willingness  to  meet  any  con- 
dition, and  even  the  balance  until  justice  is  meted  out. 

There  is  but  one  God:  and  when  man  has  lived  in 
the  far  north, — the  physical  world, — until  he  has  been 
relieved  of  his  indebtedness  sufficiently,  that  his  vi- 
brations change  so  he  does  not  vibrate  with  the  vibra- 
tions of  that  land,  the  urge  of  the  Soul  within  the 
physical  man,  will  cause  him  to  move  forward  until 
he  finds  a  place  where  his  vibrations  are  in  rhythm 
with  it ;  and  there  remain  until  the  inner  urge  causes 
him  to  move  forward. 

All  karmic  debts  have  not  been  paid  when  he  starts 
to  seek  another  clime,  but  man  soon  learns  there  is 
another  Law,  which  is  God 's  Law ;  and  when  he  comes 
directly  under  this  Law,  he  is  no  longer  subject  to  the 
law  of  karma. 

Here  is  where  Love  consumes  hate,  and  man  draws 
close  to  the  God  who  is  Love. 

When  man  draws  near  to  the  God  who  is  Love, 
Peace,  Purity,  and  Light,  he  perceives  the  God  of 
wrath  which  took  form  in  the  superstitions  of  man,  is 
a  myth. 

Man  has  cast  away  quite  a  few  of  his  heavy  gar- 
ments ere  he  comes  into  understanding  concerning 
the  One  God,  which  ever  expresses  in  tender  Love 
and  Compassion  toward  the  children  of  men. 

When  man,  living  in  the  ice-bound  and  snow  cov- 
ered north,  although  quite  satisfied,  feels  the  inner 
urge  of  his  Soul,  which  indicates  to  him,  (even  though 
he  has  not  the  faintest  conception  of  the  depth  of  his 
feeling,  and  the  law  in  which  it  is  acting,)  the  change 
in  his  vibrations,  and  he  begins  to  desire  a  home  in 
the  far  south,  his  mind  presents  pictures  of  that  clime, 


88  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

which  are  pleasing  to  him,  and  causes  him  to  more 
steadily  desire  to  reach  there  and  to  take  up  his  abode. 

When  the  physical  man  living  the  physical  life, 
after  feeling  the  inner  urge  of  the  Soul,  desires  to 
draw  near  to  the  God  of  Love,  Peace,  Purity,  Life  and 
Power,  at  once  his  mind  presents  pictures  that  he 
may  perceive  how  it  would  be  to  be  close  to  such  a 
God,  yes,  to  dwell  there,  nestled  in  nearness  to  Him. 

Man  following  his  desires,  draws  nearer  and  nearer 
unto  God,  until  he  is  near.  In  this  nearness  to  the 
God  of  Love,  man  soon  learns  that,  "God  is  a  pres- 
ent help  in  time  of  trouble.'7  That  if  he  is  caught 
in  a  storm  at  Sea,  he  can  call  to  Him,  and  He  will 
still  the  storm.  When  the  storm  is  stilled,  a  calm  is 
evident. 

If  man  is  ill,  and  the  physical  body  needs  and  re- 
quires healing,  call  to  God  in  the  same  way  you  called 
when  in  the  storm  on  the  Sea,  except  you  call  for 
healing.  When  healing  takes  place,  health  is  evident ; 
when  man  is  in  limitation  let  him  call  for  Freedom; 
when  God  expresses,  Freedom  is  evident.  When  man 
desires  the  bounty  of  God's  universe  to  express  to  him 
in  unlimited  amount,  he  calls  to  God,  the  Source ;  and 
when  the  limited  condition  is  removed,  bounty  is 
evident. 

The  physical  man  can  live  winter  after  winter,  in 
the  far  north;  or  he  can  come  to  a  warmer  clime. 
When  the  physical  man  awakens  to  the  Absolute 
Truth  as  it  is,  he  will  start  in  search  for  it,  and  each 
step  he  takes  he  is  drawing  closer  to  the  warmer 
clime;  and  as  he  willingly  casts  aside  his  heavy  gar- 
ments which  he  wore  while  in  the  north,  the  way  will 
become  more  smooth,  and  as  he  moves  along  drawing 
closer  to  God,  he  calls  to  Him  for  assistance  at  every 
critical  time. 

When  he  comes  into  the  edge  of  the  tropical  clime 
he  feels  the  assurance  of  the  very  presence  of  the 


THE  RELATIVE  89 

Living  God;  it  is  here  the  Eternal  and  Omnipresent 
God  becomes  a  reality  to  him:  he  then  calls  to  Him 
for  guidance,  for  Protection,  Wisdom  and  Love. 

Here  is  where  the  Inner  Man,  whom  God  created, 
"In  His  image  and  likeness,7'  is  beginning  to  come 
into  expression ;  as  long  as  the  physical  man  lived  in 
the  far  north,  (the  physical  world)  ;  unconscious  of 
the  tropical  clime,  (the  Spiritual  World)  ;  Atman, — 
the  Inner  Man, — is  as  a  smouldering  flame  in  the 
heart  of  the  physical  man.  The  physical  encasement 
is  so  dense  and  heavy,  the  Atman 's  vibrations  do  not 
quicken  his  conscious  mind. 

When  the  physical  man  feels  the  quickening  urge 
of  Atman,  (his  Inner  Self),  he,  if  sufficiently  quick- 
ened, will  become  somewhat  changed,  at  least  enough 
to  become  quiet,  that  he  may  come  into  an  under- 
standing what  this  strange  occurrence  may  mean: 
here  it  is  man  hears  "the  Still,  Small  Voice";  this 
voice  is  so  sublimely  silent,  the  physical  man  must 
become  still  ere  he  can  hear  it.  When  man  has  heard 
that  Sweet,  Silent  Voice,  he  is  nevermore  satisfied. 
He  has  heard  the  call  from  another  clime.  He  desires 
to  eat  of  the  fruit  of  that  country,  to  drink  of  the 
clear  water;  to  become  in  rhythm  with  the  joy  of 
the  songs  of  the  birds;  to  inhale  the  perfume  of  the 
flowers,  where  the  wintry  blasts  do  not  approach. 

When  the  desire  is  thus  strong  in  man,  he  will,  as 
the  prodigal  son  in  the  parable  of  Jesus  Christ  of 
Nazareth,  "arise  and  return  to  his  Father's  House." 
And  every  man  will  find  as  joyous  a  reception  await- 
ing him  from  the  Father-Mother-God,  when  he  arrives 
at  home,  as  did  the  prodigal  in  the  parable.  He  left 
the  field,  the  swine,  and  all  the  associates  behind  him : 
he  arose,  and  returned  to  his  Father's  House.  He 
made  complete  renunciation.  He  did  not  endeavor 
to  drive  the  swine  with  him,  or  bring  his  companions 
with  him.  He  left  all. 


90  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

When  the  physical  man  awakens,  and'  starts  toward 
the  Father's  House,  it  is  his  individual  work;  and 
he  must  leave  all  behind;  here  we  call  to  remem- 
brance, when  the  rich  young  man  came  to  the  Master, 
Jesus,  and  inquired  of  Him  what  he  must  do  that  he 
may  enter  into  Eternal  Life,  Jesus  said  to  him,  "Go 
sell  all  thou  hast,  then  come  and  follow  Me/'  Jesus 
also  said,  "Ye  cannot  serve  two  masters,"  "Ye  can- 
not serve  both  God  and  Mammon." 

Is  the  line  too  straight?  The  way  too  narrow? 
And  is  the  price  too  high?  Not  for  the  man  who  is 
so  deeply  awakened  he  is  on  fire  with  the  fire  of  God, 
the  Fire,  which  is  Love  Divine. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 
THE  AWAKENING  OF  THE  INTELLECT. 

IWT  AN  may  be  very  intellectual  in  the  wisdom  of  the 
world;  he  may  have  many  degrees  conferred 
upon  him  from  the  universities  and  colleges  of  the 
land,  but  the  subject  of  this  chapter  is  the  Awek- 
ening  of  the  Intellect  to  Spiritual  Reality. 

When  Atman,  the  inner  or  Real  Self,  stirs  suffi- 
ciently strong  that  the  mind  of  the  physical  man 
recognizes  it,  and  begins  to  take  cognizance  of  the 
vibration  of  the  Soul,  which  is  stirring  within  his 
Heart  Center;  the  intellect  of  the  physical  man  does 
not  understand;  here  it  is  that  a  conception  of  the 
Spirit  Life  of  man  and  God  begins  to  take  place  in 
man 's  mind ;  this  is  the  awakening  of  the  Intellect  to 
Spirituality  as  it  is ;  here  man,  being  familiar  with  the 
intellect  of  the  outer,  or  carnal  man,  uses  it  to  find 
the  way.  If  the  intellect  of  man  finds  the  goal,  and 
mounts  to  the  summit,  yea,  even  unto  the  highest 
peak,  and  by  standing  there  in  that  bright  light, 
becomes  Illumined;  and  perceives  all  things  as  they 
are,  and  the  Absolute  as  it  is,  his  intellect  is  awakened 
and  Illumined;  he  may  read  the  minds  of  men,  even 
know  their  many  thoughts,  he  may  live  in  that 
Illumined  state,  and  his  aura  become  as  clear  as  his 
mind. 

In  the  awakening  of  the  intellect,  man  searches 
deep  into  the  deep  things  of  God;  he  may  travel  far 
and  near  that  he  may  walk  upon  the  very  ground, 
which  the  feet  of  God's  great  ones  have  trod. 

He  may  study  in  many,  or  all,  the  schools  of  philos- 

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92  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

ophy  concerning  the  deep  things;  he  may  climb  the 
golden  stairs  and  enter  the  Hall  of  Learning;  but  to 
his  chagrin  and  disappointment  he  finds  not  the  goal 
which  he  is  seeking  there. 

He  may  think  by  passing  into  many  experiences  he 
will  glean  light,  and  he  may  search  long  and  deep  in 
experience,  only  to  again  see  he  has  been  following 
the  Will-  'o-the- wisp. 

Man  may,  as  the  intellect  is  awakening  unto  the 
Reality  of  the  Real  as  it  is,  hope  to  find  something 
which  will  enlighten  him,  by  studying  phenomena; 
he  may  linger  long  here  amidst  these  shadows  of  illu- 
sions; and  he  may  glean  light  which  he  thinks  adds 
to  his  intellectual  store.  He  may  here  seek  to  pierce 
the  veil  which  hangs  between  himself  and  the  place 
where  his  departed  loved  ones  dwell.  He  here  may 
gain  light  sufficiently  strong  to  convince  him  the 
"dead"  live. 

This  awakening  intellect  may  lead  man  to  the  do- 
main of  mind,  and  he  may  search  deep  and  long  in 
metaphysics,  and  glean  much  light  concerning  the 
science  of  mind,  and  its  operations ;  here  the  intellect 
finds  a  large  field  to  operate  in;  and,  so  great  is  this 
field,  the  awakening  intellect  may  lose  its  way,  and, 
having  nothing  but  mind  to  guide  it,  may  wander 
many  long  and  perchance  weary  years  in  that  realm, 
ere  he  finds  the  edge  where  he  can  pass  out  from  it. 
However,  the  awakening  intellect  is  searching,  and  it 
is  through  intellectual  attainment  he  hopes  to  achieve ; 
therefore,  he  may  pass  through  the  different  Cults, 
Creeds  and  Doctrines  of  men  that  his  intellect  may 
understand  each  and  all. 

There  is  such  a  thing  as  cramming  the  intellect 
until  it  becomes  congested,  then  a  state  of  fermenta- 
tion may  take  place.  Man  then  may  let  go,  as  it 
were,  of  the  intellectual  search,  and  quite  often  he 
seems  to  stand  still.  However,  every  grain  of  Truth 


THE  AWAKENING  OF  THE  INTELLECT  93 

which  he  has  gleaned,  while  in  his  intellectual  search 
for  Truth,  has  life  within  it;  it  may,  like  the  grains 
of  wheat  which  are  in  the  mummy 's  hand,  lie  dormant 
for  a  long  time,  or  even,  as  those  grains,  for  centuries ; 
yet,  when  that  wheat  is  brought  forth  into  the  sun- 
light and  given  the  right  environment,  the  life  comes 
forth.  The  darkness  of  the  tomb,  nor  the  encasement 
of  the  mummy's  shroud  and  bandages  have  touched 
the  life  in  the  center  of  the  grain  of  wheat;  neither 
will  time,  nor  experience  kill  the  life  in  the  grains  of 
Truth  which  the  awakening  intellect  has  gleaned; 
although  it,  like  the  wheat  in  the  hand  of  the  Egyp- 
tian Mummy,  may  lie  dormant  a  long  time,  or  even 
centuries;  it,  some  time,  in  the  sunlight  and  right 
environment  will  burst  forth  from  its  cloistered  cell, 
and  announce  to  the  world,  Life  is  Immortal. 

The  awakening  intellect  perceiveth,  the  life  in  the 
grain  of  wheat  that  was  held  in  the  hand  of  the 
mummy  for  centuries,  when  brought  into  the  right 
conditions  bursts  forth.  The  life  expressed  from  that 
grain  of  wheat  is  just  as  the  life  which  comes  forth 
from  the  grain  that  grew  the  preceding  season.  He 
then  saith,  what  can  touch  Life,  or  what  can  limit 
Life  ?  The  intellect  in  its  search  through  the  relative 
to  find  the  Real,  having  found  the  life  of  the  grain  of 
wheat  was  not  changed  by  the  long  dormant  state,  or, 
by  its  short  duration  between  experiences,  reaches  to 
man,  he  having  learned  that  there  is  but  one  Life,  and 
this  Life  is  the  life  which  is  in  every  thing;  he  saith, 
what  about  man?  Here  the  intellect  uses  its  reason, 
and  saith,  if  the  One  Life  expresses  in  man,  surely  it 
is  as  great  and  strong  as  the  life  in  the  grain  of 
wheat;  therefore  time  cannot  touch,  harm,  or  hold 
Life.  This  is  a  strong  Flash  of  Light,  and  assists 
much  toward  Illumination. 

Friends,  it  means  much  to  the  intellectual  searcher 
after  Truth  when  he  clearly  sees  Life  cannot  die.  Is 


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therefore  Eternal.  Then  the  awakening  intellect 
saith :  where  is  the  home  of  the  Soul  of  Man,  when  the 
body  hath  returned  to  earth,  from  whence  it  came? 
In  the  intellectual  gleanings  man  has  found  Life  is 
God,  therefore  forever  one  with  God,  and  living  and 
moving  in  God.  Then  his  reason  tells  him  the  Soul  of 
his  departed  loved  one, — which  is  Conscious  Life, — is 
in  God.  Can  he  have  any  anxiety  about  those  whom 
he  has  loved,  when  he  intellectually  perceives  they 
are  in  God,  the  Ocean  of  Life?  Truly  he  cannot. 
This  will  bring  to  him  a  great  peace  and  contentment. 
It  could  not  be  otherwise;  as  his  loved  ones  have 
passed  beyond  his  care,  assistance  and  protection,  he 
is  thankful  to  understand  they  are  in  God. 

The  awakening  intellect  finds  in  its  searching,  that 
each  and  every  man  is,  in  his  inner  self,  a  Divine 
man,  a  Son  of  the  Living  God.  Therefore,  he  per- 
ceives there  is  a  place  in  God,  "a  place  prepared/' 
for  every  soul,  in  every  stage  of  its  ongoing.  There 
"it  is  man  finds  the  sweet  assurance  that  God  loveth 
and  careth  for  all. 

We  read  Jesus  said,  "not  a  sparrow  falleth,  but  the 
Father  knoweth."  Thus  the  awakening  intellect 
through  the  rays  of  Light  which  he  has  gleaned,  dis- 
covers the  Soul  of  man,  which  is  the  Conscious  Life  of 
man,  is  watched  over  by  the  Father-Mother-God,  at 
all  times,  and  in  all  places;  whether  it  is  expressing 
life  in  bodies  on  this  plane,  or  some  other.  That  Life 
itself  is  never  touched  by  this  which  man  calls  death. 

The  awakening  intellect  learns  of  the  Omnipotence, 
Omnipresence  and  Omniscience  of  God;  and  that  he 
being  an  expression  of  God,  cannot  stray  beyond  His 
Love  and  Care. 

As  the  awakening  intellect  is  fed  on  these  grains 
of  deep  Truth,  it  becomes  fully  awake,  and  Illumi- 
nation becomes  evident  to  him.  He  then  is  an  Illum- 
ined philosopher;  he  has  solved  the  problems  of  the 


THE  AWAKENING  OF  THE  INTELLECT  95 

deep  things  of  God,  and  sees  with  his  intellectual  Il- 
lumination the  workings  of  the  Infinite,  as  He  causes 
Universes  to  take  form,  or  to  merge  back  into  the 
formless  essence.  Yes  he  may  have  intellectually  burst 
the  veil  and  perceive  the  workings  of  the  Great  Mys- 
tery. He  may  be  able  to  teach  this  to  his  fellow 
man  who  is  intellectually  seeking  to  find  God. 

However,  there  is  a  depth  so  very  deep  in  the  In- 
finite, it  is  hid  away  in  the  Heart  of  the  Infinite,  and 
the  intellect  of  man  cannot  find  it;  it  not  being  of 
the  same  vibration,  ever  remaineth  a  will-o'-the-wisp 
to  the  intellect  of  man.  To  find  this  depth  and  enter 
there,  the  intellect  of  man  is  laid  aside,  and  the  Soul 
of  man,  the  Real  of  each  and  every  man,  begins  to 
express  its  vibrations;  being  Spiritual  they  vibrate 
in  the  Heart  of  man;  the  vibrations  sent  from  the 
heart  of  man,  touch  the  Heart  of  the  Infinite  and 
vibrate  therewith. 

When  the  one  who  has  searched  for  Truth  in  earn- 
est, as  his  intellect  is  awakening,  if  he  does  not  tarry 
in  the  intellectual  concept  of  the  Truth,  and  desires 
to  go  deeper,  and  in  the  depth  of  his  heart  merges  his 
intellect  of  the  physical  man  into  the  Ego  of  Atman, 
will  soon  come  into  the  Illumination  of  himself  as 
he  is;  of  God  as  He  is;  and  the  Universe  as  it  is. 
This  is  Spiritual  Illumination,  and  man's  heart  is 
then  enrapport  with  the  Heart  of  the  Infinite ;  his 
Soul  in  tune  with  the  Great  Over-Soul.  He  is  not 
only  Illumined  about  the  Truth,  but  is  Illumined  into 
the  Truth.  He  perceives  the  Whole  as  it  is ;  which  is 
God,  and  God-manifest. — This  is  that  which  is.  God 
hath  spoken  through  an  Ancient  Bard  and  said,  "I 
am  God, "  "  there  is  none  beside  me ! "  Let  the  head, 
and  heart  illumined  one,  move  forward  with  us,  and 
live  in  conscious  at-one-ment  with  this  Omnipresent 
God. 


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Fear  not,  trouble  not,  and  be  not  dismayed  at  any 
experience  in  the  relative  life;  but  stand  erect  and 
firm  upon  the  Rock  of  Truth  when  the  storm  is  rag- 
ing ;  and  sit  serenely  in  the  shade  of  the  Tree  of  Life 
when  calmness  is  expressed.  The  awakening  intellect 
finally  merges  into  Atman,  he  then  abides  at  home. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

ILLUMINED  UNTO  THE  TRUTH 


is  man,  and  how  does  he  express  when  he 
is  Illumined  into  Illumination  unto  the  Truth? 
It  will  require  only  a  short  chapter  to  answer  this. 
However,  it  has  required  many  books,  many  Illumined 
Sages,  Saints  and  the  Incarnations;  and  centuries  of 
time  have  passed  in  giving  the  Light  of  Truth  to  the 
men  of  earth,  so  they  can  catch  it  and  at  their  final,  — 
or  last  birth,  become  Illumined  unto  the  Truth. 

A  direct  answer  to  this  question  is  an  Incarna- 
tion: and  He  expresses  the  Light  of  Truth  to  every 
man,  as  He  perceives  man  requires.  An  Incarnation, 
one  who  is  fully  Illumined  unto  the  Truth,  comes  to 
earth  only  once  in  many  centuries.  The  children  of 
earth  have  their  objective  life,  and  teachings  before 
them.  Become  thou  like  them  !  The  Nazerene  Master 
said,  "  follow  thou  Me/' 

The  Chela  on  the  path  expresses  each  day  as  best  he 
can  the  Light  he  hath  ;  remembering  he  hath  the  ex- 
ample of  Jesus  Christ  before  him.  Jesus  did  not 
stand  still  ;  He  moved  along  the  Path.  Then  to  follow 
Him,  the  disciple  must  step  in  his  foot-prints.  His 
foot-prints  as  He  carried  His  cross  to  Calvary,  were 
not  the  same  as  when  He  at  the  marriage  in  Caanan 
turned  the  water  into  wine. 

Move  along  contentedly,  Chelas  upon  the  Path,  and 
express  the  Light  you  have  today,  that  is  all  that  is 
required  today;  however,  a  greater  Light  will  be  ex- 
pected tomorrow. 

When  man  has  become  individualized,  and  Illum- 

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ined  unto  Truth  he  will  express  Mastership.  He  hav- 
ing passed  beyond  the  Pairs  of  Opposites,  he  is  not 
affected  or  disturbed  by  them.  He  does  not  become 
entranced  by  pleasure,  neither  cast  down  by  adver- 
sity. 

A  Master  serenely  folds  his  hands  and  abides  at 
Home.  He  is  content,  it  matters  not  to  him  if  he  is 
functioning  on  this  plane,  or  spheres  beyond;  he 
knows!  he  perceives!  he  is  at  Home. 


CHAPTER  XX. 

THE  INFINITE 

soar  with  us  into  the  Infinite  Universe ;  come1 
dive  with  us  into  the  Infinite  Ocean.  And  walk 
with  us  upon  the  topmost  peaks  of  the  mountain  rang- 
es ;  come  with  us,  and  visit  the  myriads  of  suns ;  and 
the  planets  of  their  universes. 

Now  come  with  us  into  the  depths  of  the  earth,  and 
into  the  center  of  every  atom;  then  we  will  visit  the 
heart  of  every  blade  of  grass,  and  all  in  its  kingdom ; 
let  us  touch  the  heart  of  every  living  thing. 

This  is  the  Cosmos.  And  Consciousness  is  every- 
where. 

There  is  not  a  speck  of  space  in  all  the  Infinite 
Universe  where  Consciousness  is  not. 

There  is  not  a  speck  of  space  in  the  Infinite  Uni- 
verse where  Life  is  not.  There  is  not  a  speck  of  space 
where  Love  is  not :  there  is  not  a  speck  of  space  where 
Peace,  Rhythm,  Harmony  are  not :  and  no  place  where 
Intelligence  is  not. 

This  is  the  Living,  Loving  and  Conscious  Being, 
in  whom  we,  "Live,  move  and  have  our  being. " 

With  this  vision  of  the  Infinite,  man  can  clearly 
perceive  he  cannot  stray  beyond  the  Father's  Love, 
Care  and  sustenance. 

Man,  an  expression  of  the  Infinite,  or  a  child  of  the 
Living  God,  as  he  comes  into  Illumination  concern- 
ing the  Reality  as  it  is,  understandingly  perceives  he 
truly  is  at  home  in  any  part  of  the  Universe  he  may 
be;  as  the  Infinite  Universe  is  his  Home. 

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Come  with  us  into  this  concept  of  the  Greatness  of 
God,  and  of  His  nearness  to  every  man. 

Let  faith  merge  into  the  Reality:  remembering, 
" Faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped  for/' 

Understandingly  abandon  thyself  into  the  Heart  of 
the  Omnipresent  God. 

The  eagle  soars  from  the  mountain  top,  it  spreads 
its  wings  and  flies  into  the  misty  heights.  But  it  ever 
keeps  its  eye  upon  the  sun.  It  is  the  King  of  birds. 

The  lion  roams  through  the  jungles ;  he  f eareth  not, 
he  is  conscious  of  his  strength.  He  is  the  King  of 
beasts. 

When  man  becomes  a  conscious  Son  of  God,  he 
will,  like  the  eagle  rest  on  the  mountain  summit;  or 
soar  into  the  higher  realms.  He,  like  the  lion,  will 
walk  the  earth  conscious ;  he,  in  his  Divine  Self,  is  mas- 
ter over  all  experiences  he  encounters. 

Come  with  us,  Chelas,  into  the  Heart  of  the  Infi- 
nite; and  sit  with  us  awhile,  that  we  may  inform 
you  of  this  Omnipresent  Heart.  The  Heart  is  the 
center  of  the  Infinite,  even  as  the  heart  is  the  center 
of  man,  and  all  living  things. 

We  have  informed  you  that  the  Consciousness  of 
the  Infinite  is  everywhere;  that  the  Intelligence  of 
God  is  everywhere;  that  the  Love  of  the  Father-Mo th- 
er — is  everywhere;  that  the  Life  of  Aum  is  every- 
where. 

Then  the  student-devotee  can  clearly  perceive,  this 
being  true,  the  Son  of  God,  who  knoweth  this,  is  Il- 
lumined. However,  friends,  even  though  this  is  true, 
it  does  not  especially  benefit  man  until  man  has 
found  his  own  heart  center.  "Om  Mani  Padme 
Hum." 

Man  being  the  "Image  and  likeness  of  God,"  we 
finding  the  Infinite  hath  a  Heart  which  is  the  vital 
center  of  God;  man,  "God's  image  and  likeness," 
necessarily  hath  a  heart. 


THE  LshwNiTE  101 

Then  it  follows,  if  man  desires  Soul  union  with 
the  Infinite,  who  is  the  Father-Mother-God,  it  is  vi- 
tally essential  that  man  locate  his  heart,  then  search 
until  he  finds  the  Silent  Chamber  of  his  Soul  therein. 

This  being  accomplished  we  have  the  Infinite  Heart 
which  is  everywhere,  or  Omnipresent.  We  also  have 
the  heart  center  of  the  student-devotee. 

This  is  where  the  intellect  has  become  wise  in  this 
deep  secret :  however,  this  is  not  sufficient.  Why  ? 
Because,  it  leaves  man  a  separate  being  from  God, 
even  though  he  perceives  he  is  living  and  moving  in 
God. 

The  next  requisite,  is  a  golden  link  which  not  only 
joins  man  with  his  Creator ;  but  unites  him  so  securely 
he  is  forever  at-one  with  his  Father-Mother-God. 

How  is  the  individual,  "The  Drop/'  to  become  one 
with,  and  one  in,  the  Ocean  Divine?  By  understand- 
ingly  desiring  his  At-one-ment  with  the  Father-Moth- 
er-God: then  expressing  this  desire  in  request.  There 
is  no  loftier  desire,  or  holy  aspiration,  that  can  come 
from  the  heart  of  man,  than  to  be  at  home  in  God 
consciously:  this  means  man's  Illumination.  This 
link  is  formed  and  established  in  the  heart  of  man. 

God  hath  never  changed,  neither  ceased  to  be  Omni- 
present ;  but  the  individual  has  changed  and  this  took 
place  when  he  lost  his  consciousness  of  his,  not  only 
At-one-ment,  but  even  of  his  nearness  to  his  Heaven- 
ly Father.  Thus  it  is  clearly  to  be  seen  it  is  man's 
prerogative  to  remain  in  consciousness  dis-joined 
from  the  Father;  or  to,  through  Illumination,  become 
again  conscious  of  his  At-one-ment.  Here  is  where 
the  Golden  Link  in  the  Heart  of  Man  begins  to  form. 
If  man  desires  to  touch  the  Heart  of  God,  and  be- 
come consciously  linked  therewith,  we  call  to  remem- 
brance, the  Ancients  have  said,  "as  above,  so  below." 
Then  it  is  the  heart  of  man  which  must  come  into 
one  accord  with  the  Heart  of  God;  that  the  link  be- 
comes welded,  and  unity  takes  place. 


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The  heart  of  man  must  link  with  the  Heart  of  God, 
if  man  desires  to  vibrate  in  the  rhythm  of  the  Soul's 
Essence  Divine ;  and  like  the  drop  in  the  Ocean,  that 
lives,  moves  and  has  its  being  in  this  Infinite  Heart. 
The  drop  in  the  Ocean  does  not  lose  its  individuality, 
although  it  is  in  the  center  of  the  Ocean.  The  wise 
drop  in  the  Ocean  center,  perceiving  its  At-one-ment 
with  the  great  Ocean  in  understanding,  love  and  ap- 
preciation, abandons  itself  to  the  Ocean;  it  is  sus- 
tained by  the  Ocean;  and  when  thus  abandoned  it  is 
in  rhythm  with  the  Law  of  the  Ocean;  having  non- 
resistance  through  Illumination;  it  is  moved  by  the 
action  of  the  Great  Law  which  is  the  Life,  Action, 
Strength  and  Power  of  the  Ocean.  Can  any  harm 
befall  the  one  thus  abandoned?  Not  if  he  ever  trust- 
eth  in  the  Omnipresent  God;  and  remaineth  aban- 
doned into  the  Heart  of  God;  he,  thus  being,  is  in 
the  care  of  our  Father-Mother-God. 

As  long  as  man  retains  the  conscious  realization, 
that  he  is  in  the  Ocean  Divine,  no  ill  can  come  to 
him.  How  can  there?  When  there  is  only  God  and 
His  expressions  there?  Man,  in  the  Illumination  of 
the  Infinite,  and  man  the  expression  of  the  Infinite, 
as  he  sees  himself  the  individual  drop  in  the  Ocean 
Divine,  is  the  same  as  the  Ocean,  as  a  drop  of  water 
is  composed  of  the  same  elements  as  the  Ocean  from 
which  it  came;  he  also  sees  every  man  is  the  same; 
(and  in  using  the  term  man,  let  the  Chelas  under- 
stand we  mean  man  and  woman.)  We  read  in  Gene- 
sis, "Male  and  female  created  He  the  men  of  earth." 
We  prefer  the  term  man,  this  is  the  positive  side. 
However,  we  lose  not  sight  of  our  Divine  Mother.  The 
Lotus  Mother  who  is  Love  Divine:  and  forget  not 
that  every  man  becomes  the  Divine  Mother, — Love 
Divine.  Does  not  the  white  rose  harmonize  with  the 
yellow?  Yes,  they  join  hands  and  harmoniously 
blending  become  one.  The  Lotus  Mother  is  the  full- 
ness of  the  expression  of  God. 


THE  INFINITE  103 

Canst  thou  follow  us  into  the  depths  here,  Chelas? 
We  are  fully  aware  that  none  but  an  Illumined  Soul 
can  pass  this  deep  into  the  Ocean  Divine.  But  the 
age  is  now  ripe  and  very  many  of  the  people  are  here 
upon  the  earth  at  this  time,  that  they  may  attain  un- 
to Illumination.  These  will  be  able  to  glean  the  Light 
of  the  Absolute  Truth ;  and  by  gaining  understand- 
ing unto  Illumination  come  with  us  into  the  deep. 
And  there  cast  anchor,  and  become  a  conscious  indi- 
vidual expression  of  the  Infinite:  and  having  his 
Heart  Center,  and  united  with  the  Infinite  Heart  is 
forever  content;  he  trusts  the  Infinite  and  serenely 
abides  at  Home. 

Man  must  ever  keep  this  conscious  heart  link  with 
God,  if  he  desires  to  live  in  content  in  the  Home  of  the 
Soul ;  which  is  the  Great  Over  Soul.  The  Infinite. 


CHAPTER  XXI. 
OCEAN  DIVINE 

A  BANDON  thyself  into  the  Ocean  Divine,  and  be 
*•  at  peace  with  God. 

When  man  has  become  Illumined  through  the 
Secret  Heart  Teachings,  the  human  ego  is  merged  into 
the  Divine  Ego;  the  Atman  consciousness  only  ex- 
presses in  him,  Atman  is  the  Knower  Self;  he  being 
the  Knower  Self,  will  express  in  wisdom,  knowledge, 
intelligence  and  understanding,  when  the  carnal  mind 
is  bridled  and  permits  Atman  to  so  do. 

When  the  Real  Self  is  the  ruling  sovereign  in  the 
man  it  becomes "  quite  easy  to  abandon  thyself  into 
the  Ocean  Divine,  and  there  be  at  peace  with  God. 
To  become  understandingly  abandoned  to  God,  man 
must  know  he  must  realize  the  Truth  Absolute,  which 
is  the  Oneness  and  At-one-ment  of  God,  the  Great 
All. 

How  is  man  to  reach  this  Light?  By  quieting  the 
carnal  mind,  and  listening  to  the  " Still  Small  Voice" 
which  speaks  in  thy  heart. 

With  the  carnal  mind  meditate  in  the  heart;  the 
outer  mind  having  learned  of  Atman — the  Divine 
Self,  if  he  is  sincerely  in  earnest  will  desire  to  find  it, 
and  uncover  it,  and  like  the  diamond  miner,  he  digs 
deep  into  the  heart;  and  the  miner,  when  he  finds 
the  diamond,  brushes  the  debris  from  around  it  so  the 
sparkling  gem  may  be  presented  to  the  world.  The 
mind  finds  the  heart  center  of  his  being  and  quietly 
meditating  there  finds  the  sparkling  gem,  Atman  (the 
Real  Self.)  As  the  polishing  process  progresses,  the 
104 


OCEAN  DIVINE  105 

carnal  mind,  it  being  the  debris,  is  chiseled  away, 
when  this  is  accomplished,  Atman — the  Divine  Man — 
is  the  ruling  one. 

Atman  is  the  individual  expression  of  AUM,  and 
from  everlasting  to  everlasting  is  the  Knower  Self. 
The  Atman  has  never  lost  consciousness,  though  the 
outer  mind  in  man  may  not  know  of ,  his  existence. 

The  unawakened  man  living,  acting  and  speaking 
in  the  carnal  mind,  saith,  I  am  the  man,  I  shape  my 
destiny,  I  decree  a  thing,  and  all  things  must  bend 
to  my  will. 

The  unawakened  man  does  not  know  that  Atman, 
his  Real  Self,  abides  within  him,  and  is  the  Divinity 
of  himself;  at  this  stage  of  man's  concept,  the  flame 
in  the  heart  seems  smouldering,  when  the  carnal  mind 
first  finds  it ;  but  fan  a  flame  and  it  will  soon  become 
a  burning  fire ;  this  the  carnal  mind  discovers  as  soon 
as  it  opens  the  window  of  the  soul.  As  the  fire  burns 
it  consumes  the  debris;  when  this  is  accomplished  it 
becomes  easy  to  abandon  thy  self  into  the  Ocean  Di- 
vine, and  be  at  peace  with  God.  Note  this!  not  at 
peace  with  all  things!— but  at  peace  with  God;  here 
the  Atman  perceives  that  every  expression  in  form  in 
the  universe  is  Aum  in  its  center;  from  the  grain  of 
sand,  the  blade  of  grass,  fish,  foul,  animal  and  Man; 
he  perceiving  the  Oneness  of  AUM — (the-  Living' 
God, )  does  not  see  division  when  he  beholds  the  multi- 
tudes of  forms  about  him,  he  is  conscious  of  the 
"One"  only, — the  omnipresent  Aum,  our  Father- 
Mother-God. 

Become  a  conscious  Atman,  and  abandon  thyself 
into  the  Ocean  Divine;  our  Father-Mother's  Love  is 
there,  His  bounty  is  there;  then  lave  thou  in  this 
Ocean  of  Life.  Become  thou  a  conscious  drop  of  Life 
Divine,  and  when  thou  art  conscious  in  fullness  of 
your  abandonment  into  the  Ocean  Divine  you  will  par- 
take of  Immortality,  and  willingly  abide  at  home. 


106  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

This  is  the  Source  from  whence  you  came  in  the  long 
ago,  abide  here,  and  consciously  remain  at  Home 
throughout  the  Eternities  to  come.  "Om  Tat  Sat  Om/' 

Abide  in  this  Ocean  of  Peace 
Let  thy  heart  melt  into  Love. 
Let  thy  strength  become  Life. 
Let  thy  Power  become  Purity. 
Forever  more. 

So-be-jt. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 
MY  DIVINE  MOTHER 

A  S  FAR  BACK  as  the  time  when  the  morning 
/~*t  stars  sang  sweetly  together,  and  the  Pleiades 
swung  into  place,  and  the  Sons  of  God  sang  for  joy; 
and  farther  and  farther,  even  unto  the  time  when  the 
minds  of  men  run  not  to  the  contrary,  my  Divine 
Mother,  ever  reposing  upon  the  Bosom  of  the  Abso- 
lute, enfolds  the  children  of  men  in  Love's  embrace. 

My  Divine  Mother  is  Love  Divine,  Love  Abso- 
lute; my  Divine  Mother  expresses  in  the  dew-drop, 
in  the  heart  of  the  rose,  on  the  tip  of  the  blade  of 
grass;  She,  my  Divine  Mother,  is  the  nectar  of  bliss 
that  quickens  within  our  hearts,  and  expresses  in  ap- 
preciation of  the  grace  of  Aum — the  Father —  and  in 
brotherly  kindness  to  the  children  of  men. 

My  Divine  Mother  abides  in  the  depth  of  the  Deep ; 
She  also  travels  in  the  soft  fleecy  clouds;  She  dwells 
in  the  heart  of  the  Saint ;  and  the  Sinner  too. 

She,  my  Beloved  Mother,  dwelling  in  the  Heart  of 
Aum,  and  resting  on  the  Bosom  of  the  Absolute, — 
God —  is  above  the  Pairs  of  Opposites,  and  perceives 
no  stain  of  sin.  My  Divine  Mother,  in  rapture  com- 
plete, quickens  the  Soul  of  all  men. 

My  Divine  Mother  will  quietly  abide  in  the  Heart 
of  Aum,  and  silently  Love  us  all  back  home. 

What  wandering  son,  as  he  dwells  in  distant  lands 
does  not  rejoice  to  think  of  that  day  when  he  will  re- 
turn to  his  native  place,  and  hear  his  mother's  sweet 
voice  again ;  and  feel  the  seal  of  Love  upon  his  brow ; 
and  to  hear  the  words :  ' '  My  son !  is  at  home  again ! ' ' 

107 


108  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

My  Divine  Mother  does  not  sleep  nor  slumber,  and 
She,  resting  in  the  Heart  of  Aum,  even  as  the  lotus 
rests  upon  the  bosom  of  the  water,  is  ever  and  anon 
softly  cooing  her  divine  lullaby  to  the  children  of 
meji ;  it  echoes  and  reechoes  throughout  Infinity ;  and 
the  vibrations  of  Love  will  finally  touch  every  key  on 
every  string  of  the  Infinite  Harp ;  then  throughout 
Infinity  my  Mother  speaks  to  the  hearts  of  men,  and 
silently  chants  Her  sweet  lullaby,  '  *  Come  home !  come 
home ! ' '  where  Love  is  supreme,  and  in  its  golden  glow 
is  robed  in  purity  white;  where  each  expression  of 
Aum  rests  in  its  perfect  expressed  form,  even  as  a 
lotus. 

My  Divine  Mother,  then  softly  chants,  ''Abide  in 
Me" ;  and  list  to  the  music  of  the  Harp  of  Love,  which 
is  softly  whispering,  '  *  Come  home !  come  home ! ' ' 

So-be-it. 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 
A  LESSON  IN  THE  ABSOLUTE 

TTO  THE  Knower-self,  that  individual  ray  of  the 
*  Infinite,  known  as  Atman — The  Real  Self. 

When  man  has  gnosis,  he  lives  in  the  Atman  con- 
sciousness, and  acts  and  speaks  from  that  center  of 
his  being.  The  Atman  who  is  conscious  gnosis  ' '  bows 
to  none  in  the  three  worlds;"  and  the  gods  make 
obeisance  to  him :  man  in  the  gnosis  state  is  conscious 
God  expressed;  the  Atman  being  the  Knower  Self, 
dwells  in  vibrations  above  the  earth's  surface.  An 
adage  of  old  says,  " water  finds  its  level,"  so  man 
will  as  Atman,  the  Gnosis  Self,  arise  to  his  Source 
and  become  one  with  it,  one  in  it.  Man  having  become 
the  Gnosis  Atman,  perceives  the  oneness  of  the  Great 
All;  also  the  Allness  of  the  Great  One.  When  the 
Gnosis  Atman  has  returned  to  the  source,  and  is  one 
with  it,  he  is  at  that  place  from  whence  he  came.  What 
has  man  gained  by  passing  out  from  the  Source,  and 
returning  thereto,  when  he  is  Atman  all  the  time? 
Man,  having  become  Gnosis  Atman,  is  now  conscious 
of  the  Infinite  in  all  its  separate  divisions;  and  hav- 
ing traversed  the  length  of  the  path  which  winds 
through  the  Forest  of  Maya,  stands  at  home  in  the 
Source,  a  conscious  God ;  and  is  thus  known  and  rec- 
ognized by  all  Gnosis  Atman  who  have  arrived  at 
their  Source. 

Man  passed  out  from  the  Source,  Atman — the  Real 
Self — but  he  being  conscious  of  Bliss  Supernal,  like  a 
trusting  child,  enjoyed  the  Divine  Bliss  which  only 
the  Soul  knows ;  but  as  the  child  in  the  physical,  nec- 

109 


110  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

essarily  must  pass  into  manhood;  so  Atman,  must 
pass  from  the  state  of  blissful  innocence  into  the 
Gnosis  Atman.  To  attain  this,  man  must  travel  over 
the  winding  path  which  leads  through  Maya — the  il- 
lusive forest.  What  is  the  illusive  Forest?  Carnal- 
ity. 

When  Atman  has  once  started  upon  the  Illusive 
Path,  he  is  by  his  own  thoughts,  words,  acts  and 
deeds  bound  thereunto  as  by  chains,  and  does  not  be- 
come freed  from  it  until  his  karmic  debts  are  paid,  the 
small  as  well  as  the  great. 

When  this  is  accomplished,  man,  through  becoming 
Gnosis  Atman  has  mounted  the  golden  stairs  of  knowl- 
edge, until  he  has  reached  the  Hall  of  Learning;  as 
he  passes  through  this  he  gains  wisdom.  As  he,  the 
Gnosis  Atman,  passes  out  from  the  Hall  of  Learning 
he  merges  into  the  Ocean  of  Love, — God. 

This  is  the  Source.  He  not  only  now  abides  here 
in  the  Source,  as  an  innocent  babe  in  Bliss  Super- 
nal,— the  Pure-Spirit-Essence;  but  graciously  stands 
erect,  a  Gnosis  Atman ;  a  Redeemed  Soul.  A  God,  at 
home  in  the  Source! 

This  Source  is  not  reached  by  traveling  distance, 
it  is  here ;  and  you  are  in  it  always :  but,  as  the  babe 
taketh  no  conscious  recognition  of  its  surroundings, 
so  the  Soul  in  that  blissful  state  did  not  comprehend 
its  environment;  but  when  Atman  has  traversed  the 
labyrinth  of  the  path  which  winds  through  carnality 
until  he  desires  the  Divine  Satisfaction  which  the  At- 
man has  not  forgotten,  although  the  mind  knows  not 
of  it;  then  through  searching  he  will  find  the  golden 
steps  by  which,  if  he  climbs,  he  will  reach  the  Hall  of 
Wisdom,  pass  through  it,  and  merge  into  the  Abso- 
lute Ocean  Divine,  a  Gnosis  Atman. 

The  Earth  is  always  blest  when  a  Soul  reaches  the 
Source ;  as  he  is  sure  to  let  his  Light  shine,  he,  having 
become  that  Light,  cannot  hide  it  behind  the  curtain, 


A  LESSON  IN  THE  ABSOLUTE  111 

but  places  it  upon  a  high  tower,  that  all  who  desire 
may  see  it. 

The  Source,  the  Absolute,  is  everywhere  present, 
at  all  times ;  but  man,  walking  upon  the  path  in  Maya, 
perceives  it  not,  until  he  ascends  the  Golden  Steps, 
then  through  climbing  them  becomes  Gnosis  Atman, 
he  then  has  reached  the  Source,  the  Absolute. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 

THE  ONENESS 

TO  COMPREHEND  the  Oneness,  it  is  necessary 
one  have  an  understanding  of  the  Absolute.    Un- 
derstanding is  first  gained  through  the  mind ;  then  an 
understanding  heart  is  required. 

The  mind  comes  to  understanding  through  man's 
own  efforts,  he  being  assisted  by  those  who  have  gain- 
ed the  understanding  in  advance  of  him.  Man  must 
know  how  to  stand,  in  other  words,  "know  the 
Truth. " 

The  understanding  heart  comes,  when  the  mind  has 
become  clarified  and  tamed,  and  held  in  subjection 
by  the  bridle  of  understanding. 

That  which  places  the  bridle  over  the  mind,  is  the 
Spiritual  Ego,  that  Real  Self,  which  is  the  Son  of 
the  Living  God.  It  is  the  human  ego  that  is  bridled. 

That  which  expresses  understanding  in  the  heart  is 
the  Atman,  thy  Self  of  all  ages. 

It  ever  abides  in  understanding  in  thy  heart,  but 
as  long  as  the  carnal  mind  is  roaming  over  the  sur- 
face of  the  sea,  the  mountain  ranges  and  deserts,  it 
being  the  consciousness  of  the  outer  man,  knows  not 
of  the  Atman, — the  Knower  Self,  which  centers  in 
the  Heart. 

Learn  thou  of  the  Secret  Heart  Teaching  and  live 
in  the  understanding  of  the  Heart;  and  all  shall  be 
well. 

Then   from   that  center,  you   will   come   into   the 
comprehension  of  the  Oneness  of  the  All,  and  the 
Allness  of  the  One;  One  Completeness. 
112 


THE  ONENESS  113 

When  man  understands  this  secret  of  the  Infinite, 
that  Father,  Mother,  Son  are  One;  expressed  in  the 
highest  form,  Man;  and  that  all  lesser  expressions 
are  each  filling  their  place,  and  that  all  are  expres- 
sions of  Aum,  the  enlightened  one  will  despise  none, 
but  he  will  tread  caressingly  upon  the  Bosom  of 
Mother  Earth,  that  wonderful  magnetic  and  power- 
ful expression  of  Aum. 

The  Illumined  one  perceives  the  Oneness  of  the 
Law,  as  it  operates  in  and  through  the  Oceans,  caus- 
ing the  impurities  cast  therein  to  become  pure;  and 
in  and  through  the  earth,  causing  all  impurities  there 
in  to  become  pure. 

The  Oneness  of  Life,  as  it  manifests  in  and  through 
all  forms,  animate  and  inanimate! 

The  Oneness  of  Love,  as  it  throbs  in  the  hearts  of  all 
living  things!  The  Oneness  is  completeness. 

Chela,  upon  the  Sacred  Path,  clarify  thy  mind, 
and  bridle  it  fast. 

Having  found  thy  heart  center,  where  Atman,  thy- 
self abides ;  list  to  the  knowing  one,  and  become  united 
with  the  All. 

Let  the  mind  reflect  the  wisdom  of  the  Atman  self, 
it  having  traveled  down  the  ages,  knows  the  One- 
ness. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 

FAITHFUL  AND  TRUE 

DE  faithful  and  true,  my  brothers; 

Let  your  bark  float  out  on  the  deep, 
There  cast  anchor,  and  be  at  peace. 
This  is  the  Essence  Ocean,  the  Absolute. 

Be  faithful  and  true,  my  brothers, 
Abide  serenely  upon  the  Ocean  blue,  and 
There  drink  of  the  Water  of  Life 
And  become  immortal;  faithful  and  true. 

Be  faithful  and  true,  my  brothers, 

And  recognize  the  many  blessings  of  God; 

Gather  the  flowers  along  the  roadside 

And  scorn  not  anything,  even  the  lowly  sod. 

Be  faithful  and  true,  my  brothers. 

Walk  not  in  the  muddy  thoroughfares, 

Nor  scan  the  face  of  darkening  clouds: 

But  walk  in  the  sunlight,  and  gather  the  jewels  there. 

Be  faithful  and  true,  my  brothers; 
And  look  for  the  smile  of  God ; 
You  truly  will  find  it  everywhere, 
If  you  are  awake,  and  looking  that  way. 

Be  faithful  and  true,  my  brothers; 

And  gather  the  flowers  that  grow  at  your  feet, 

Be  they  daisy  or  .orchid,  they  are  the  smile  of  God, 

Inhale  their  perfume,  and  let  your  prayer  ascend. 

114 


FAITHFUL  AND  TRUE  115 

Be  faithful  and  true,  my  brothers. 
Thus  being,  you're  in  the  sunlight  of  God, 
'Tis  there,  you  sweetly  commune  with  the  Father- 
Mother, 
And  become  refreshed  by  the  Omnipresent  One. 


CHAPTER  XXVI. 
THE  CONCLUSION. 

I N   SUMMING  up  the   conclusion,   what   have  we 

found?  That,  Truth  Absolute,  is  all  there  real- 
ly is. 

We  have  found  God,  our  Father-Mother,  to  be 
Omnipresent,  and  from  everlasting  to  everlasting; 
yea,  beyond  everlasting ;  even  the  Eternity  of  all  that 
is,  was,  or  ever  will  be. 

That  the  Father-Mother-God  is  Love,  Life,  Peace, 
Purity,  Harmony  and  Wholeness. 

That  man,  being  an  individual  expression  of  this 
Omnipresent  God,  and  living  and  moving  and  having 
his  being  in  this  Reality,  he  is  at  Home  in  God. 

We  have  also  learned,  even  unto  perception,  that 
man,  an  expression  of  God,  and  living  in  Him,  is  the 
Divine  Man,  and  he  being  formed  from  the  One  Es- 
sence Divine  is  not  only  a  Conscious  Son  of  God,  but 
that  he,  being  God  expressed,  is  a  God  Conscious  Be- 
ing. And  if  man  is  this,  which  the  Illumined  perceive 
to  be  true,  is  it  possible  for  this  man  to  be  sick  ?  We, 
following  the  Secret  Heart  Teaching,  unto  Illumina- 
tion into  the  Absolute  Truth,  perceive  it  is  not,  as 
Divinity  cannot  become  afflicted.  Why?  Because, 
it  is  a  vibration  above  the  vibration  of  disease.  It, 
being  in  the  vibration  of  harmony,  a  discordant  note 
never  touches  or  disturbs  that  abode,  neither  the  ex- 
pressions of  God  who  are  inhabitants  of  that  vibration, 
and  vibrate  with  it. 

We  perceive  the  personal  ego,  as  it  becomes  active 
here,  and  begins  to  ask  questions  about  the  man  who 
is  sick,  and  about  God  healing  the  sick. 
116 


THE  CONCLUSION  117 

We  have  found,  when  man  awakens  and  begins  to 
solve  his  problems  that  he  may,  like  the  Prodigal,  in 
the  parable  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth,  arise  and  return  to 
his  Father's  house;  here  man  seemingly  is  of  two 
parts.  We  read  in  Scriptures,  "the  body  is  the  Tem- 
ple of  the  Living  God."  This  expresses  the  two  men 
(which  are  one,)  when  man  starts  toward  God. 

We  have  found,  as  man  passes  into  the  depth  of  the 
deep  of  the  Real  as  it  is ;  that  the  Living  God  within 
the  Temple  (body)  is  Atman  the  Divine  and  Real 
Self  of  each  and  every  man.  And  the  Temple,  (the 
body)  is  the  outer  "sheath"  or  garment  which  is  nec- 
essary that  he  have  to  express  through  as  he  lives  and 
expresses  upon  earth.  This  body  is  the  Physical  Man, 
which  is  generated  in  Nature's  Law,  and  lives  in,  and 
expresses  in  Nature  and  Nature's  Laws. 

This  being  the  Temple  of  the  Real  Self,  it  is  ever 
desirous  this  body  be  strong,  healthy  and  harmonious. 
As  we  appreciate  a  perfect  rose  and  its  fragrance  far 
more  than  we  do  one  that  is  in  a  state  of  disease, — 
which  is  discord. 

If  man,  or,  as  long  as  man  continues  to  live  in  rhy- 
thm with  Nature's  Laws,  he  is  harmonious,  therefore 
expresses  health ;  and  even  though  the  Temple  of  the 
Soul,  under  Nature's  Law  passes  from  infancy  to 
childhood,  to  manhood,  thence  into  old  age ;  he,  if  he 
continues  in  harmony  with  Nature's  Laws,  will  ex- 
press health. 

The  physical  Man,  (the  Temple)  is  in  the  vibration 
of  Nature,  and  as  long  as  he  vibrates  in  the  vibration 
of  Nature,  is  in  generation. 

That  Atman, — the  Divine, — and  Real  Self  of  every 
man,  lives  in  the  vibration  of  the  Divine,  the  One 
Essence  of  the  Universe,  which  is  God.  That  he  was 
"never  born,  therefore,  shall  never  die."  For  birth 
and  death  take  place  in  the  natural  world,  and  not  in 
the  Ocean  Essence,  which  is  God. 


118  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

Here  we  find  the  two  men,  when  he  awakens  from 
the  Carnal  Slumber,  one  the  outer  man  (the  physi- 
cal) the  other  the  inner  man  (the  Divine  Self). 

When  man  awakens,  his  own  problem  stretches  out 
before  him.  Here  is  where  the  earnest  searcher  after 
Truth  Absolute  will  exclaim,  how  is  this?  How  is 
this  ?  I  have  been  quietly  living  the  life  of  the  physi- 
cal life,  so  long  as  I  did  not  feel  the  inner  urge  of 
my  soul. 

We  have  found,  after  the  outer  man  awakens,  he 
will  search  until  he  finds  his  Higher  Self,  and  be- 
comes linked  therewith,  and  the  Higher  Self  is  linked 
with  the  Father-Mother-God. 

We  have  found,  in  man's  process  of  attaining  the 
fullness  of  Light,  concerning  God  and  himself,  and 
in  solving  his  own  problem,  that  he  may  come  into 
the  full  consciousness  of  a  God-conscious  Son;  that 
he  passes  from  the  laws  of  the  physical  man,  and  the 
natural  world,  into  the  Divine  Man,  and  the  Divine 
World.  He  then  lives  under  the  Divine  Law. 

He  then  has  passed  from  generation  to  regenera- 
tion :  and  out  from  the  state  of  regeneration  he  passes 
into  the  Essence  Divine;  which  expresses  in  man  at 
this  place  upon  the  Path  as  Immortality.  He  then  can 
triumphantly  sing,  "0,  death  where  is  thy  sting,  0, 
grave,  where  is  thy  victory  ?" 

We  are  here  reminded  of  a  few  who  have  reached 
this  high  state  of  conscious  spiritual  vibration ;  where 
they  have  floated  apast  the  grave;  it  touching  them 
not:  and  carried  the  body,  which  was  physical,  with 
them  into  higher  realms. 

First,  the  Great  Initiate,  Master,  Elder  Brother  and 
Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.  Elijah,  who  disappeared  from 
the  sight  of  those  who  were  near  him,  in  a  chariot  of 
fire,  (an  esoteric  or  mystical  term).  Enoch,  also 
passed  over  physical  death.  And  St.  John,  the  be- 
loved of  the  Lord,  we  having  no  record  of  his  death, 


THE  CONCLUSION  119 

he  being  so  close  to  the  heart  of  Jesus,  it  is  pleasing 
to  presume,  spread  his  pinions  and  soared  above  the 
tomb. 

In  order  for  man  to  vibrate  in  the  vibration  of 
the  Divine,  which  is  the  Infinite  Heart,  it  is  neces- 
sary he  renounce  the  physical  man's  desires,  lusts 
and  cares. 

As  man  gleans  the  light,  he,  finding  himself  at 
first,  two  beings  in  one,  the  inner  man,  the  Living 
Truth  Divine;  and  the  other  man  the  physical,  (his 
Temple  or  body:)  he  does  not  despise  this  body,  but 
taketh  care  of  it;  he  having  learned  among  his  first 
lessons  that  the  inner,  or  Real  Self,  is  "the  man  to 
whom  God  gave  dominion,"  and  commanded  to  go 
forth  and  subdue  the  earth;  here  he  learns,  his  first 
efforts  are  to  control  his  thoughts,  and  guard  well  his 
spoken  words.  To  do  this,  he,  the  Atman  Ego,  neces- 
sarily must  subdue  the  carnal  mind;  and  hold  it  in 
subjection  to  the  Divine  Ego, — Atman,  even  by  plac- 
ing a  bridle  upon  it :  when  a  horse  has  a  bridle  bit  in 
his  mouth,  the  one  who  has  the  reins  guides  it  wher- 
ever he  wills. 

The  will  of  the  Atman  ego  is  the  will  of  God. 

The  will  of  the  Physical  Man  when  subjected  unto 
Atman,  (the  Divine  Man,)  is  forever  at-one  with  God. 
We  here  remember  when  Atman  expresses  the  con- 
sciousness of  his  At-One-Ment  with  God,  through  the 
outer  man ;  the  subjective  hath  become  the  objective ; 
and  the  superconscious  man,  expresses  in  God  con- 
sciousness, and  the  men  of  earth  exclaim,  a  Master  is 
passing  by.  A  Master  truly  is  passing  by,  as,  man 
when  he  has  attained  mastership,  no  longer  vibrates 
with  the  vibrations  of  earth;  and  in  time  his  vibra- 
tions will  become  so  high,  he  will  pass  from  the  vision 
of  the  children  of  earth,  who  are  in  the  low  vibration 
of  nature  and  the  natural  man. 

When  an  Illumined  one  passes  along  amidst  his  fel- 


120  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

low  man,  does  he  condemn  his  brothers  who  are  still 
living  in  the  carnal  concept  of  themselves  and  the 
world,  and  are  contentedly  enjoying  the  risings  and 
settings  of  the  sun,  and  the  darkness  of  the  storm, 
and  the  brightness  of  the  calm? 

A  Christ-Illumined  man  hath  left  condemnation 
far  behind  him  ere  he  touched  even  the  hem  of  the 
Christly  robe:  therefore,  hath  no  condemnation  for 
any  one. 

He,  with  the  understanding  of  Illumination  per- 
ceiveth  every  man  is  in  his  right  place,  according  to 
Karma 's  Law;  therefore,  he  radiates  Love,  the  Love 
which  is  Divine,  to  each  and  every  one ;  to  those  "who 
may  use  him  unkindly,  as  well  as  to  those  who  are 
kind  to  him. 

He  ever  remembers  to  voice  his  prayer  to  the  Fath- 
er-Mother-God that  His  grace  may  be  extended  to 
friend  or  foe  alike. 

The  Christ  Illumined  man,  if  he  has  learned  the 
Secret  Heart  Teaching  is  anchored  in  the  center  of 
his  heart,  and  there  being  at-one  with  the  Father- 
Mother-God,  touches  with  his  Golden  Key  of  Love  the 
secret  spring  of  the  Infinite  Heart,  and  then  requests 
the  Father,  to  guide,  bless,  and  heal  his  fellow  man. 

In  man's  awakening  period,  as  the  change  is  taking 
place  in  him,  where  he  is  subjecting  the  carnal  man 
to  the  Divine  Self,  man  requires  assistance;  here  is 
where  he  prays  to  the  Father-Mother-God,  '  grayer  is 
ever  the  working  tool  of  the  Christ-awakening  man." 
And  he  uses  the  method  which  appeals  to  him.  The 
method  hath  nothing  to  do  with  the  prayer  or  its  an- 
swer; it  is  for  man's  convenience,  that  is  all:  there- 
fore, the  awakening  man  ever  uses  the  method  that  is 
the  most  vital  to  him  today;  tomorrow  he  may  find 
another;  however  the  sincere  desire  of  the  heart  re- 
maineth  the  same. 

The  physical  man  becomes  healed  as  man  vibrates  in 


THE  CONCLUSION  121 

rhythm  with  the  Divine  Law.  But  there  may  be 
times  when  the  body  is  afflicted;  then  trust  in  God, 
and  always  remember,  "God  is  able  to  heal  all  your 
infirmities;"  but  the  one  who  has  the  Light,  and  is 
walking  close  to  God,  keeps  his  faith  in  God;  but  if 
his  prayers  are  not  answered  let  him  call  upon  the 
teachers  for  assistance. 

The  teacher  will  voice  the  prayer  as  is  indicated  by 
the  Voice  of  God;  the  Voice  of  God  ever  speaketh  to 
the  God-conscious  one.  He  may  use  the  silent  prayer, 
he  may  voice  the  audible  prayer,  he  may  lay  his  hands 
upon  the  body  of  the  afflicted  one,  that  a  closer  link 
may  take  place,  that  the  vibration  of  Health  and 
Strength  may  touch  and  heal  him ;  closing  this  service 
in  the  name  of  Christ. 

We  read  in  Holy  Writ,  "if  any  man  lack  any  good 
thing,  let  him  ask  of  God."  We  also  recall,  Jesus 
sai^l,  "go  sin  no  more,  lest  a  worse  thing  come  upon 
you." 

We  here  perceive,  even  after  man  is  healed  by  God, 
— the  Divinity,  it  is  necessary  he  hold  his  thoughts 
and  words  in  subjection,  and  keeps  the  reins  of  the 
bridle  of  his  mind  strongly  in  hand. 

Jesus  Christ,  when  the  leper  returned  to  Him  to 
express  his  appreciation  of  his  healing  said,  "there 
were  ten  healed,  here  is  only  one.  Where  are  the 
nine?"  One  became  attuned  to  the  Source  from 
which  his  healing  came;  the  others  went  into  the 
world  life  again  and  became  lost  in  the  mist,  but  the 
one  who  returned  has  his  name  written  in  the  "Book 
of  God's  Remembrance."  And  the  children  of  men 
will  never  forget  him,  wherever  the  Hebrew  Scrip- 
ture is  read:  yea,  his  name  is  immortal.  Yet  only 
known  as  one  of  the  ten  lepers. 

Faith  is  a  gift  from  God,  to  the  men  of  earth ;  they 
cannot  manufacture  it  by  thoughts  or  words;  but  if 
they  desire  faith,  "let  them  ask  of  God." 


122  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

Man,  without  faith,  cannot  pierce  the  curtain  which 
hangs  between  the  Real  and  the  Relative ;  the  Divine 
Self  (the  Atman)  and  the  outer  self  (the  carnal 
man). 

It  is  in  the  destiny  of  all  men  that  they  will  come 
to  the  place  in  their  ongoings  upon  the  carnal  path, 
when  he  awakens  from  the  carnal  sleep  and  begins  h\s 
journey  toward  h's  Source;  to  find  himself  in  the 
Forest  of  Illusion, — (Maya.) 

Man's  destination  is  the  Source,  where  there  are 
no  illusions,  no  shadows.  The  Illusive  Forest,  or 
Maya,  is  Carnality.  Man  lives  the  carnal  life  in  the 
Forest  where  every  tree  casts  a  shadow,  and  where 
life  is  continuous  joy  and  sorrow;  birth  and  death; 
sunshine  and  darkness. 

Krishna,  the  Hindu  Incarnation,  said,  "  arise  above 
the  Pairs  of  Opposites." 

Then  we  perceive,  as  we  arise  above  carnality 
(Maya)  and  are  Illumined  in  the  Absolute  Truth, 
man  will  soar  into  the  realm  of  the  Infinite.  It  is  here 
he  rests  in  peace ;  Divine  Satisfaction  is  his  portion. 

He  laves  in  the  Ocean  Essence  Divine ;  he  hath  not 
care ;  he  hath  laid  them  down  at  the  foot  of  the  Cross, 
and  the  Illumined  Son  of  God  beareth  them  away. 

He,  serene  and  calm,  walks  in  the  green  fields  of 
Paradise:  this  being  his  Father-Mother-God's  House, 
he  is  at  Home ;  he  gathers  the  fruit,  and  drinks  of  the 
cool  and  refreshing  water  of  the  River  of  Life  Eter- 
nal ;  he  rests  in  the  shade  of  the  Tree  of  Life.  He  is 
content,  and  knows  naught  but  Divine  Satisfaction. 
He  serenely  and  understandingly  abides  at  home. 

This  is  man 's  destiny !  To  return  to  the  Source,  the 
Father-Mother-God,  from  whence  he  came.  To  reach 
that  place  carnality  is  left  behind ;  and  man  arrives  at 
the  Portal  of  his  Divine  Abode,  a  God  Conscious  Man. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 

THE  INFINITE  LULLABY. 

The  Infinite  Lullaby,  is  ever  vibrating  throughout  the 

Universe. 

Kali, — the  Divine  Mother,  with  Her  finger  of  Love, 
Touches  each  string  of  the  Infinite  Harp ; 
And  its  music  reverberates  through  land  and  sea. 

The  Divine  Mother  is  ever  and  awe,  singing  Her  Lul- 
laby. 

It  is  heard  in  the  rustle  of  the  leaves  of  the  trees; 

And  through  the  branches  of  the  trees  in  the  forest 
deep;  and 

In  the  throat  of  the  little  songster,  she  warbles  forth. 

In  the  roar  of  the  raging  torrent,  Mother  ever  sings. 
In  the  thunderous  rumbling  of  the  mighty  deep,  it 

is  heard ; 

In  the  gentle  patter  of  the  rain  drops,  Mother  sings, 
And  in  the  heart  of  every  living  thing. 

The  Infinite  Lullaby  is  ever  vibrating  throughout  the 

Infinity. 
This  harp  hath  a  string  which  touches  the  heart  of 

everything ; 

Then  over  this  harp  of  many  strings,  if  man  will  list, 
He  will  hear  the  Music  of  the  Spheres. 

The  Father-Mother-God,  is  ever  singing  soft  and  low. 
This  is  the  Song  of  Love,  wafted  from  the  Heart  of 
God, 

123 


124  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

To  the  heart  of  every  living  thing,  it  says,  come  home ! 
Return  to  our  Heart,  our  children,  we  are  waiting 
for  you. 

The  Father-Mother  ever  sings,   nestle  close  to  our 

heart. 

Dear  children;  we  are  holding  you  secure. 
The  Infinite  Lullaby  softly  sings,  abide  in  me: 
I  will  uphold  you  with  my  omnipotence. 

The  Infinite  Lullaby,  murmurs  soft  and  low  at  even- 
tide, 

At  the  high  noon  hour,  or,  at  the  midnight  call. 

Our  Father-Mother  God  is  ever  chanting  soft  and 
low, 

Come  home !  my  son,  come  home ;  Love  vibrates  to  all. 

Soft  and  low  is  the  chanting  of  the  Infinite  Lullaby. 
It  reaches  the  low  and  humble;  and  vibrates 
Through  the  palaces  of  kings;  the  same  sweet  song 
Is  for  all,  my  son,  I  love  you!  come  home. 

The  Infinite  Lullaby  vibrates  over  the  Harp  of  Love. 
Coming  from  out  the  Infinite  Heart,  it  touches 
Each  heart  that  is  attuned  to  the  Key  of  Love. 
The  heart,  thus  attuned,  hears  its  sweet  soft  music. 

LOVE  DIVINE 

Love  Divine !  what  a  vibrant  key ! 

If  touched  by  the  understanding  heart, 

It  rings  throughout  the  Universe; 

It  is  the  secret  key  of  the  Infinite. 

Love  Divine !  thou  art  the  very  heart  of  God ; 
Thou  art  the  Essence  itself,  the  Holy  Breath. 
Love  Divine,  it  is  Thee  that  paints  the  petals  of  the 

flowers, 
And  drapes  the  western  sky  at  the  setting  of  the  sun. 


THE  INFINITE  LULLABY  125 

Love  Divine !  thou  art  the  silent  companion  of  man, 
As  his  bark  is  tossed  on  the  rough  sea,  or  is  anchored 

in  the  calm. 

Thy  silent  presence  touches  the  heart  of  man,  as  he 
Moves  along  in  the  mountain  solitude. 

Love  Divine!  thou  art  eternal  and  omnipresent  Love. 
When  the  heart  of  man  is  attuned  to  this  Essence 

Divine, 
Love  embraces  him;  his  fear  departs!   He  rests  in 

peace. 
0,  Love  Divine,  thou  art  immortal!  because  thou  art 

God. 

Love  Divine!  touch  the  heart  of  all  men, 

That  they   may  vibrate  in   rhythm   in   the   Infinite 

Heart. 

And  closely  embrace  these  our  brothers,  that 
They  May  remember  Thee.   Arise!  and  return  Home. 

THE  LOTUS 

The  Lotus  rests  on  the  Bosom  of  Aum, 

And  serenely  expresses  its  perfect  form,  dressed 

In  the  raiment  of  Purity  and  Love, 

And  remembers  its  part  is,  just  "To  Be." 

Just  "To  Be"  is  the  silent  song  of  the  Lotus. 
It  trustingly  rests  on  the  bosom  of  the  water; 
As  it  is  gently  rocked  by  the  waves,  it 
Sweetly  listens  to  the  Infinite  Lullaby. 

It  hath  not  fear,  its  roots  are  anchored  in  the  deep: 
It  is  sustained  and  upheld  by  the  Omnipotent  Aum. 
Contentedly  it  abides  on  the  Infinite  Breast,  and 
Listens  as  Kali, — the  Divine  Mother  sings,  remember, 
just  "To  Be." 


126  THE  LOTUS  PATH 

ATMAN 

Let  Atman,  my  soul  sing  a  song, 

It  will  tell  of  its  radiant  self: 

As  it  sees,  as  God  hath  seen  it  always; 

It  perceives  it  is  a  soul  of  the  Great  Over-Soul. 

Out  from  the  Soul  of  the  Infinite  I  came ; 
Remembering  my  Source,  I  abide  therein. 
In  cognition  of  the  Source,  I  bow  in  reverence; 
And  sweetly  sing  my  praise  to  God,  the  Over-Soul. 

Contentedly  I  walk  on  the  pathway  of  Life ; 
It  matters  not  where  my  foot-steps  may  lead :  for 
I  am  serenely  at  home  in  the  Over-Soul, 
And  I  perceive  this  is  the  Omnipotent  God. 

AUM 

Aum,  our  Father-Mother,  we  in  love's  appreciation 

bow 
To  Thee;  and  understandingly  know,  thou  art  the 

Source  from 
Which  all  men  came,  and  to  which  all  will  return: 

and  that 
Thou  hast  expressed  the  Universe,   and   thy   bounty 

for  man. 

We  love  thee,  AUM,  "the  center  and  circumference 
of  all." 

We  voice  our  silent  prayer  to  Thee ;  and  express  aloud 

Our  gratitude,  for  the  many  blessings  thou  hast  be- 
stowed. 

And  sing  thy  praises,  that  all  men  may  Love  Thee. 

Aum,  we  thy  sons,  walk  in  thy  beautiful  garden; 
Inhale  the  perfume  of  the  rare  and  beautiful  flowers ; 


THE  INFINITE  LULLABY  127 

And  gather  the  luscious  fruits  from  the  trees  in  thy 

orchard, 
And  the  golden  grain,  we  gather  into  the  granary. 

Thy  bountiful  supply  is  ever  at  hand,  Our  Father. 
As  we  partake  of  thy  bounty,  our  hearts  touch  Love's 

key 

Of  the  Infinite  Heart :  and  Love  responds ;  and  we 
Are  refreshed;  we  have  found  the  Mystic  Key,  Love. 

Aum,  our  Heavenly  Father,  help  us  to  become  so  at- 
tuned 

To  thee;  that  we  may  never  forget  Thee;  but  ever 
keep  our 

Hearts,  and  ears  attuned,  that  the  Lullaby  is  ever 
heard ; 

And  that  we  may,  though  tried,  prove  True. 


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